Indulge in the delectable symphony of flavors and textures that is Coconut Custard Pie. This classic dessert, with its golden-brown crust, velvety smooth custard filling, and a hint of tropical sweetness from shredded coconut, is a true delight for the senses. Whether you prefer a traditional rendition or a modern twist, this article presents a collection of Coconut Custard Pie recipes that cater to diverse tastes and dietary preferences. From the classic Southern Coconut Custard Pie, renowned for its rich, creamy filling and flaky crust, to the healthier Vegan Coconut Custard Pie, made with almond milk and coconut cream, there's a recipe here for every occasion and palate. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
CAN'T-MISS COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
This soft custard pie has a mild coconut flavor. Who wouldn't love a hearty slice topped with a dollop of whipped cream? -Betty Swain, Bear, Delaware
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake 10 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Sprinkle coconut over crust; set aside. Reduce oven setting to 350°., In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, sugar, flour, vanilla and salt. Pour over coconut; sprinkle with nutmeg., Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour. If desired, top with toasted coconut to serve. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 322 calories, Fat 15g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 90mg cholesterol, Sodium 345mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (26g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
There are two types of Southerners in the world: coconut "cream" pie people and coconut "custard" pie people-while we love both people equally, this Coconut Custard Pie recipe might just make a few converts. Rather than the airy texture of coconut cream pie, our Coconut Custard Pie is smooth and rich with a chilled custard base filled with sweetened shreds of coconut. The coconut shreds in the pie both enhance the flavor and give a slight crunch and chew to an otherwise smooth pie. To complement the hefty richness of custard, we top the pie with freshly whipped cream and toasted coconut chips for both pillowy and crunchy contrast.To make the coconut custard, we use a can of coconut cream rather than coconut milk because it's creamier and thicker than the milk, making the custard all the more irresistible. We also use coconut extract to maximize the coconut taste. While coconut cream pies have a place in this world, we're confident this Coconut Custard Pie should have a place on your kitchen table.
Provided by Micah A Leal
Time 4h35m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Roll pie dough to a 1/8-inch thick circle and place inside a greased 9-inch metal tart pan or pie pan. Cut excess dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Fold overhang under itself, creating a thicker ring of crust around the pie's edge. Crimp edge. Take a sheet of aluminum foil and grease it liberally with butter. Place the buttered surface inside the pie shell, allowing the pie dough to come in direct contact with the aluminum foil. Freeze crust for 1 hour or overnight. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake crust with aluminum foil for 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and use a spoon to press down any areas that have puffed up. Bake uncovered until the crust is completely cooked and lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool.
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together sugar, cornstarch, flour, and salt. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly, until dry ingredients are fully dissolved. Add egg yolks and coconut cream and whisk to combine. Place over medium-high heat and whisk constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles appear on the surface. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue whisking for an additional minute. Remove from heat and stir in coconut extract and sweetened shredded coconut. Use a fine wire-mesh strainer to strain the mixture into the prepared pie shell, spreading the mixture evenly. Chill at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Garnish pie with freshly whipped cream and toasted unsweetened coconut chips if desired.
LIZZIE'S COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
Member's Choice! Wow, Kathie's grandma's coconut custard pie is delicious! This holiday pie has a creamy center that's a great contrast to its toasted coconut topping. No soggy bottom for this pie. Lizzie's tip to brush whipped egg white over the crust indeed does help the crust crisp. A great addition to a holiday dessert...
Provided by Kathie Carr
Categories Pies
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Soak coconut in milk for several hours to make coconut very moist. Set in refrigerator until ready to use.
- 2. Stir together sugar, flour, and salt. Set aside.
- 3. Beat the 2 whole eggs plus the additional egg yolk slightly. Add coconut/milk mixture and vanilla to these eggs.
- 4. Combine dry ingredients with milk mixture. Mix well. Add butter. Mix.
- 5. Beat remaining egg white until frothy. Brush this on unbaked pie shell. (This keeps the pie crust from becoming soggy.)
- 6. Then carefully pour the custard into an unbaked pie shell. If you like shake a bit of nutmeg on top of the custard. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- 7. If you like you can cover edges of pie crust with aluminum foil to prevent them from becoming too dark.
MY FRIEND'S OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
My good friend & co-worker, Colleen, used to bring this pie to our company pot-lucks. It disappeared like new fallen snow every time, and sometimes caused a scuffle or two...it is that good!! Before she retired she shared the recipe with a few of us. My husband can eat the whole thing in 1 night! On top of that, it is easier...
Provided by Diana Perry
Categories Pies
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. Mix eggs and sugar well with hand mixer.
- 3. Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup of the half and half; add back to remaining half and half, and stir until well combined.
- 4. Add half and half mixture slowly to the egg/sugar mix, while continuing to beat on low speed; add salt. Stir in the melted butter by hand. Add vanilla and coconut.
- 5. Pour into pie crust; bake for 45-60 minutes, depending on your oven.
- 6. Cover edges of pie crust with foil if browning too quickly. Top of pie should be a golden color.
COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
"My husband and I are both diabetic. We really appreciate desserts such as this creamy custard pie," says Eva Wright of Grant, Alabama. Coconut extract in the filling and a toasted coconut topping flavor the tasty low-sugar creation.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place coconut in an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 350° for 4 minutes, stirring several times; set aside. (Coconut will not be fully toasted.), Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 4-6 minutes longer. Cool., In a bowl, beat the eggs and salt for 5 minutes. (Mixture will be lemon-colored and slightly thickened.) Add the milk, sugar substitute, coconut extract and vanilla. Transfer to crust. (Crust will be full.), Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with coconut. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean and coconut is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, Fat 12g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 112mg cholesterol, Sodium 320mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 6g protein.
COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
We skipped the cream on top to let the tropical custard filling be the star.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Press a sheet of aluminum foil onto crust, draping over rim of pie plate. To blind-bake: Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until crust is lightly browned, about 45 minutes. Remove beans and foil; let crust cool completely, and set aside.
- While crust is baking, place a fine-mesh sieve over a large bowl; set aside. In a medium saucepan (off heat), whisk together sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Gradually whisk in whole milk, making sure to dissolve cornstarch. Whisk in coconut milk and egg yolks.
- Whisking constantly, cook over medium heat until the first large bubble sputters, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low; cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Remove pan from heat; immediately pour custard through sieve into bowl.
- Pour custard from bowl into cooled crust; smooth top with a rubber spatula. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 4 hours (or loosely covered, up to 1 day). To serve, let stand at room temperature 30 minutes, then sprinkle with coconut.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311 g, Fat 19 g, Protein 5 g
COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, blend together the sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add the butter, eggs, vanilla and milk. Mix well. Stir in the coconut. Pour into the pie shell and bake for 30 minutes or until firm.
OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield One 9-inch pie
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Prepare and chill the dough.
- Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
- Use a large nail or an ice pick to puncture one of the three eyes on the coconut (only one can be punctured so you will need to try each until you find it). Drain the coconut milk out over a bowl. Strain it to remove any flecks of shell and reserve it.
- Place the coconut on the oven rack and bake it until it cracks, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove the coconut from the oven and let it cool slightly. Remove shell (it will come away easily), then cut the coconut meat into 8 or 10 pieces. With a vegetable peeler, remove brown skin. Coarsely grate 1 cup coconut, either by hand or in the food processor, and reserve it for the filling. Process the remaining coconut until it is very fine.
- In a large saucepan over low heat, scald the milk until there are bubbles around the edges. Add the finely processed coconut. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool completely. Pour it through a fine strainer into a bowl; press coconut to extract as much moisture as possible.
- In 3 or 4 batches, place coconut in the corner of a clean dish towel and wring out over bowl to extract all remaining liquid. (If you wish, you can toast the wrung out coconut, though it will have very little flavor remaining after soaking in the milk.) Measure the coconut flavored milk and add more milk, if necessary, to make 2 cups. (This may be done earlier in the day or even the day before and set aside tightly covered in the refrigerator.) Pour into a bowl and whisk in sugar, eggs, vanilla and nutmeg and the reserved coconut milk. Stir in the reserved coarsely grated coconut.
- Set a rack in the lowest level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough for the bottom crust and arrange in pan.
- Pour filling into pie crust. Bake the pie for about 45 minutes, until the crust is baked through and the filling is set, but not over-cooked. After the pie has baked for 30 minutes, check it frequently so it does not over-cook. Once the pie is wobbly textured when the pan is gently shaken, remove it from the oven; it will continue to cook for a few minutes longer after it is removed from the oven. If the pie is over baked, it will be heavy and watery. Cool the pie on a rack.
- To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Then using your hands or a pastry blender, break the butter into tiny pieces and pinch and squeeze it into the dry ingredients. Occasionally reach down to the bottom of the bowl and mix all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible. Beat the egg(s) in a small bowl and pour over the flour and butter mixture. Stir in with a fork until the dough begins to hold together, but still appears somewhat dry. Scatter a teaspoon of flour on the work surface and scrape the dough out onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth and uniform.
- To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1 tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible, about 15 pulses in all. Add the egg(s) to the work bowl and pulse ten times or so, until the dough forms a ball. Scatter a teaspoon of flour on the work surface and scrape the dough out onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth and uniform. Press the dough into a disk (two equal disks for the larger amount of dough). Sandwich the disk(s) of dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and press it into a 6-inch circle. Refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour.
- Storage: Keep the dough in the refrigerator up to two days, or freeze it double-wrapped in plastic. Because the dough is thin, it will defrost quickly at room temperature when you intend to use it.
IMPOSSIBLY EASY COCONUT PIE
This impossibly easy coconut pie is legendary among the Bisquick™ community. With over 700 positive reviews, it's a one-bowl dessert that many Betty Crocker fans have been making for years. Creamy and custard-like this crustless pie can be prepped in just 10 minutes, so the next time you're craving coconut, you know what recipe to turn to. All you have to do is stir the flaked coconut, sugar, Bisquick™, butter, milk and eggs until well mixed and pour right into your pie plate. Easy, right?
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch pie plate with shortening or cooking spray.
- In medium bowl, stir all ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate.
- Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until golden brown and knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270, Carbohydrate 31 g, Cholesterol 110 mg, Fat 2 1/2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 270 mg
Tips:
- Use full-fat coconut milk. This will give your pie a richer, creamier flavor and texture.
- Be sure to chill the coconut milk before using it. This will help the pie set up properly.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing will make the pie tough.
- Bake the pie in a water bath. This will help prevent the pie from cracking.
- Let the pie cool completely before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the pie to set up properly.
Conclusion:
- Use full-fat coconut milk. This will give your pie a richer, creamier flavor and texture.
- Be sure to chill the coconut milk before using it. This will help the pie set up properly.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing will make the pie tough.
- Bake the pie in a water bath. This will help prevent the pie from cracking.
- Let the pie cool completely before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the pie to set up properly.
Conclusion:
Coconut Custard Pie is a rich and creamy pie with a delicious coconut flavor. It's perfect for any occasion, and it's sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. If you're looking for a delicious and easy-to-make pie, Coconut Custard Pie is the perfect recipe for you.
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