Michelle Losey's Coconut Pie
Why I Love This Recipe
After making enough pies I found you can make a pie outta most any fruit, fruit mix, juice or vegetables and vegetable fruit mixes! So I began experimenting and this was one of my concoctions :)
Ingredients You'll Need
Flaked sweetened coconut
To measure the amount of Coconut needed take pie pan you're going to use and fill it w/ Coconut 'till 1/2 inch less than edge of pan then pour in bowl and wash and dry your pie pan
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla or 1 tsp almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon each
1/2- 3/4 cup whole milk
2 TBS melted butter
shake of salt
1 cup powdered or white sugar
Pie crust homemade or store bought
*Opt: Add Oatmeal crunch topping
OATMEAL CRUNCH TOPPING
3/4 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Dash of salt
Cold butter
Directions
Preheat oven 375F
in separate bowl mix together eggs , vanilla, milk, (optional butter if using it) and salt
Pour over coconut and mix well
Add sugar and mix well
Poke a few hole w/fork on bottom of crust
Pour filling into crust
(Add optional topping if using it)
Cover edges w/ tin foil so they don't burn
Bake at 375F
Opt Topping
Mix oats, sugar, flour and salt together
Cut in butter 1 TBS at a time 'till mix is crumbly
