Coconut Cream Pie With A Coconut Cookie Crust Food

COCONUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Pulse the cookie crumbs, coconut, and melted butter in a food processor until coconut is finely ground. Press the crumbs firmly and evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan (the crust should be about ¼-in thick). Bake until golden, about 15 minutes, then set aside to cool. If the crust shrinks or cracks a bit, simply press it back together and up the sides while it's still hot.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the rum, cream of coconut, coconut milk and whole milk. Bring to a boil; then turn off the heat. Whisking constantly, slowly ladle about a cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture; whisk well to combine. Whisking constantly, gradually add the remaining milk mixture to the egg mixture in 3 or 4 additions; whisk well to combine. Return the mixture to the sauce pan. Cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture reaches a boil and thickens, about 2 minutes. The filling must boil for at least 30 seconds in order to fully thicken. Off the heat, whisk in the butter until fully incorporated.
• Pour the hot filling into the cooled pie shell and smooth the surface with a spatula; press plastic wrap directly against the surface of the filling and refrigerate until firm, at least 6 hours and up to 12 hours. (Any longer than 12 hours and the crust will start to soften.)
• Up to 3 hours before serving, whip the cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. When it starts to thicken, add the sugar and rum. Continue to whip until it forms soft peaks. Top the pie with the whipped cream and sprinkle with cooled toasted coconut chips.
• Slice the pie into wedges, wiping your knife clean between slices, and serve cold.
• Note: Unsweetened coconut flakes can usually be found at Whole Foods or organic markets. If you can't find them, feel free to substitute ½ cup sweetened flaked coconut (the stuff in the blue bag available everywhere). Simply toast it in a 350°F oven, stirring often so it browns evenly, until lightly golden.
• Note: For an even prettier presentation, this pie can be made in a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Note that the crust won't be quite as thick.

COCONUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk the milk, extract and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set., In large bowl, beat cream cheese. Stir in pudding and mix well. Fold in 1/2 cup coconut and whipped topping. Spoon into the crusts. Toast remaining coconut; sprinkle over pies. Refrigerate until serving.

COCONUT CREAM PIE WITH A COCONUT COOKIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325º. In food processor, pulse cookies and 2 tablespoons of sugar in to fine crumbs.Transfer crumbs to medium bowl and add butter; stir until well combined.
• Press crumbs evenly/firmly into bottom and up sides of a 9" pie plate. Bake until about 10 minutes until crust starts to brown. Cool on wire rack to room temperature.
• In a medium saucepan, bring coconut milk, whole milk, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt to simmer over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
• Whisk yolks, cornstarch and 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until thoroughly combined. Whisking constantly, gradually pour 1 cup hot milk mixture into egg yolk mixture; whisk well to combine. Whisking constantly, gradually add yolk mixture to milk in saucepan.
• Whisking constantly, cook until it begins to boil and thicken.
• Remove from heat and whisk in butter and 1 teaspoons of vanilla until butter in fully incorporated. Stir in coconut. Pour hot filling into cooled pie crust and smooth surface; press plastic wrap directly against surface of filling and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours and up to 12 hours.
• Just before serving, beat cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla with electric mixer until soft peaks form, 1 1/2-2 minutes. Top pie with whipped cream and then sprinkle with coconut. Cut pie into wedges and serve.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT CREAM PIE IN COCONUT COOKIE CRUST

Steps:

• Mix together cookie crumbs, 2/3 c coconut and melted butter in medium bowl until well blended.
• Press mixture evenly onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden.
• Cool and arrange banana slices on bottom of crust.
• Pour cold milk into large bowl and add pudding mix.
• Beat with wire whisk for 1 minute.
• Stir remaining cup of coconut into pudding and spoon over banana slices in crust.
• Gently stir pineapple into whipped topping.
• Spread over pudding mixture.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until set.

COCONUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• CRUST:.
• preheat oven to 325*.spread 5 tbls coconut in pie plate and toast 9 minutes, stir a couple of times --.
• When cool enough to handle, reserve 1 tbls for topping --.
• Pulse graham crackers, 4 tbls toasted coconut, till fine crumbs form.
• Transfer to a bowl, add sugar and melted butter, toss.
• Place crumbs in pie plate and form.
• Bake 22 minutes and cool on rack.
• FILLING:.
• Bring coconut milk,milk, shredded coconut, 1/3 cup of sugar and salt to simmer in pan over medium high heat, stirring occasionally with wooden spoon, when it simmers, whisk egg yolks, in medium bowl, to break up --.
• Then whisk in remaining 1/3 cup of sugar and the cornstarch, till combined.
• Whisk simmering liquid into yolk mixture, to temper, then return to pan, bring to simmer over medium heat, whisk constantly.till thickened.
• Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla and butter.
• Pour filling into cooled crust.
• Press sheet of plastic on surface.
• Chill 3 hours.top with whipped cream.

DECADENT CREAM CHEESE COCONUT PIE

Steps:

• Place powdered sugar, cool whip, cream cheese and extract in mixing bowl and beat until smooth and creamy. Spread in pie shell, covering sides as well as the bottom.
• Beat until well blended and then pour on top of cream cheese layer. Sit aside to firm up.
• Spread coconut on cookie sheet and toast lightly in oven (watch carefully and stir if necessary) - let cool.
• Mix extract into cool whip. Layer over pie filling. Add toasted coconut to top. Refrigerate and enjoy a most decadent dessert.

COCONUT-FUDGE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread 1/2 cup coconut on cookie sheet (ungreased). Bake 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Lightly grease a 9-inch pie pan and either press macaroons into pan forming a crust or make a graham cracker crust.
• Bake crust at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Cool.
• In mixing bowl, at high speed, beat 2 1/2 cups cream with 1/4 cup plus 1 T sugar until almost stiff. Reserve.
• In large bowl, mix dry pudding with milk and extract. Stir in toasted coconut. Fold whipped cream into pudding mixture.
• Heat fudge sauce until just warm. (Two minutes in microwave). Spread 2 cups pudding mixture into crust. Spread 1/2 of fudge sauce over pudding layer. Top with remaining pudding mix; then top with rest of fudge sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least two hours.
• Just before serving, beat remaining cream and sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread over pie. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.

LAWRY'S COCONUT BANANA CREAM PIE (W/COCONUT CRUST)

Steps:

• To Make The Coconut Crust: Lightly butter a 9-inch pie plate and set aside.
• Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat and brown the coconut flakes, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. They should be golden brown. Press the coconut firmly and evenly in the pan to form a shell. Chill the crust 30 minutes before filling.
• For the Filling: Combine the egg yolks, 1/4 cup of the sugar, the cornstarch, salt and flour in a small bowl. Gradually add 1 cup of the half-and-half.
• Combine the remaining 2 cups half-and-half and 1/2 cup of the sugar in a 3-quart saucepan and bring just to boil over medium heat. Add the egg mixture and cook and stir until the mixture returns to a boil and thickens, about 1 minute. (Do not taste then re-dip your spoon. I've read that enzymes in salvia breaks down the cornstarch and makes it watery, something like what happens with leftover babyfood.).
• Remove from the heat. Stir in 2 drops of food coloring and the vanilla. Cover the surface with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming. Let cool.
• Slice the bananas into the pie shell. Pour the filling into the shell.
• Whip the cream with the powdered sugar until stiff. Spoon in dollops or pipe with a pastry bag around the edge of the pie. Chill 2 hours before slicing.

COCONUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, stir together the sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk.
• Beat the eggs then blend with mixture in the sauce pan.
• Cook over medium heat, mixing constantly with a hand electric mixer, until mixture boils; boil mixing for one minute.
• Remove from heat; stir in butter and coconut extract, mix in coconut with electric mixer.
• Return to heat, cooking until boiling, mixing with electric mixer.
• Remove from heat and pour into pie crust, spread evenly.
• Press plastic wrap directly onto surface; refrigerate 6 to 8 hours.
• Put 1/4 cup coconut into a pie pan and bake under broiler until just browned, stirring frequently.
• Mix whipping cream in a chilled bowl with sugar and coconut extract until real stiff.
• Remove plastic wrap from pie and spread whipping cream mixture over pie, sprinkle with baked coconut.

TROPICAL COCONUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix cookie crumbs, 2/3 cup untoasted coconut and butter in medium bowl until blended; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min. or until golden brown. Cool.
• Beat pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in remaining untoasted coconut. Arrange banana slices on bottom of crust; cover with pudding mixture. Gently stir pineapple into COOL WHIP; spread over pudding layer. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.

COCONUT CREAM PIE FROM COOKS ILLUSTRATED

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. In food processor, pulse animal crackers, coconut, and 2 tablespoons of sugar to fine crumbs, eighteen to twenty 1 second pulses; then process until powdery, about 5 seconds. Transfer crumbs to medium bowl and add butter; stir to combine until crumbs are evenly moistened.
• Empty crumbs into 9" glass pie plate; using bottom of ramekin or 1/2 cup dry measuring cup, press crumbs evenly into bottom and up sides of pie plate. Bake until fragrant and medium brown, about 15 minutes, rotating pie shell halfway through baking time. Set on wire rack and cool to room temperature.
• Bring coconut milk, whole milk, 1/2 cup shredded coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt to simmer over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to ensure sugar dissolves.
• Whisk yolks, cornstarch and 1 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl until thoroughly combined. Whisking constantly, gradually ladle about 1 cup hot milk mixture over egg yolk mixture; whisk well to combine. Whisking constantly, gradually add remaining milk mixture to yolk mixture in 3-4 additions; whisk well to combine.
• Return mixture to saucepan and cook until thickened and mixture reaches boil, whisking constantly, about 1 minute; filling must boil in order to fully thicken. (Large bubbles should quickly burst on surface when you stop whisking.).
• Off heat, whisk in butter and 1 teaspoons of vanilla until butter in fully incorporated. Pour hot filling into cooled pie shell and smooth surface with rubber spatula; press plastic wrap directly against surface of filling and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours and up to 12 hours.
• Just before serving, beat cream 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla with electric mixer until soft peaks form, 1 1/2-2 minutes. Top pie with whipped cream and then sprinkle with coconut. Cut pie into wedges and serve.
• Variation:.
• Banana-Caramel Coconut Cream Pie:.
• Follow above recipe through crust making. While crust cools, bring 1/2 cup sugar and 3 tbsp water to boil over high heat in small heavy bottomed saucepan. Cook until dark amber, 5-8 minutes, occasionally swirling pan once sugar begins to color.
• Off heat, add 3 tablespoons heavy cream (caramel will bubble vigorously) and a pinch of salt; whisk to combine. Whisk in 2 tbsp unsalted butter. Pour caramel into pie shell, tilting pie plate to coat evenly; set aside to cool.
• When caramel is cool, peel 2 slightly underripe, medium bananas (5-6 oz. each); slice each crosswise into 3/8" rounds. Arrange slices in single layer on top of caramel; set aside.
• Continue with remainder of original recipe, adding 2 teaspoons of dark rum to filling along with butter and vanilla.