Hack's Coconut Cream Pie

1½ C Milk, Scalded

½ C Sugar (or more) 

¼ - ½ C Flour

¼ tsp Salt

3 Eggs, Separated

½ To 1 C Coconut

2 Tbsp Butter

1 tsp Vanilla

6 Tbsp Sugar, (for egg whites)

To prevent the milk from burning, optionally heat it in the microwave before pouring into sauce pan.

Mix sugar, flour, and salt together; then stir into milk. 

Cook until it starts to thicken; take off heat. 

Pour a few tablespoons into egg yolks, then pour all into mixture. 

Cook 3 or 4 more minutes or until quite thick. 

Add butter, vanilla, and 1/3 of egg whites (beaten). 

Then add coconut. 

Pour into baked pie shell. 

To make meringue, beat egg whites adding one Tbsp sugar at a time until the meringue is stiff and holds peaks. 

Top with meringue and coconut.

Brown in oven at 400° for 10 minutes or so.