Coconut Cream Pie From Chancy's Catfish Shack

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 tablespoons starch (corn)
• 7 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 5 (12 ounce) cans evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups coconut
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• heavy whipping cream, 1 carton
• 2 pie shells (?)

Recipe

• 1 on the stove (i suggest a double boiler at high heat or low/medium heat for a regular pot) -- mix sugar, cornstarch, yolks and salt in a pot. slowly stir in the milk until it thickens. do it slow. after it thickens, add the coconut. pour into the pie shells and let sit overnight in the refridgerator.
• 2 combine the confectionary sugar and heavy cream and whip till stiff peaks form. top pies with whipped cream mixture. serve :-).