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Lawry's coconut banana cream pie

TimeActive work time: 20 minutes Total preparation time: 30 minutes plus 2 hours chilling
YieldsServes 6 to 8
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DEAR SOS: About five or six years ago you printed a recipe for Lawry’s Coconut Pie. It had a coconut crust and was to die for.

JAN CRUSER

Evansville, IN

DEAR JAN: This is a great pie for those who fail at making pie crusts. This crust is really simple, consisting of melted butter and coconut pressed into a pie plate.

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Coconut pie shell

1

Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat and brown the coconut flakes, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. They should be golden brown. Press the coconut firmly and evenly in the pan to form a shell. Chill the crust 30 minutes before filling.

Pie filling

1

Combine the egg yolks, 1/4 cup of the sugar, the cornstarch, salt and flour in a small bowl. Gradually add 1 cup of the half-and-half.

2

Combine the remaining 2 cups half-and-half and 1/2 cup of the sugar in a 3-quart saucepan and bring just to boil over medium heat. Add the egg mixture and cook and stir until the mixture returns to a boil and thickens, about 1 minute.

3

Remove from the heat. Stir in 2 drops of food coloring and the vanilla. Cover the surface with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming. Let cool.

4

Slice the bananas into the pie shell. Pour the filling into the shell.

5

Whip the cream with the powdered sugar until stiff. Spoon in dollops or pipe with a pastry bag around the edge of the pie. Chill 2 hours before slicing.