Cocoanut Pie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup shredded cocoanut
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups scalded milk
• pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks with sugar and pinch of salt.

2. 2

   Add well beaten whites.

3. 3

   Stir in scalded milk and last mix in the cocoanut.

4. 4

   Bake in a deep pie plate with under crust only, hot oven (475° F.) for first 15 minutes and moderate oven (350° F.) for half hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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