Dried Cocoanut Pie

Ingredients

• Put a cup of cocoanut to soak in sweet milk
• a teacup of the cocoanut and put it into a coffeecup, and fill up with milk
• 2 teaspoons of flour
• butter the size of a walnut
• 2 eggs (saving out the white of one for the top)

Method

1. 1

   Soak a cup of cocoanut in sweet milk.

2. 2

   When ready to bake, take 2 teaspoons of flour, mix with milk, and stir until it thickens; add butter while warm.

3. 3

   When cold, add a little salt, 2 eggs (saving out the white of one for the top), sweeten to taste, add the cocoanut, beating well, fill the crust and bake.

4. 4

   When done, have the extra white beaten with sugar and ready to spread over the top; return to the oven and brown lightly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 234. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIED COCOANUT PIE.— Put a cup of cocoanut to soak in sweet milk as early in the morning as possible; take a teacup of the cocoanut and put it into a coffeecup, and fill up with milk. When ready to bake take 2 teaspoons of flour, mix with milk, and stir until it thickens; add butter the size of a walnut, while warm; when cold, add a little salt, 2 eggs (saving out the white of one for the top)

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