Coconut Cream Pie Recipe - Once Upon a Chef

Coconut Cream Pie Recipe - Once Upon a Chef

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A shortbread crust filled with creamy coconut custard, whipped cream, and toasted coconut—this coconut cream pie is as dreamy as it gets!

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Ingredients

  • 7½ ounces shortbread cookies, such as Walker's Pure Butter Shortbread, finely ground (if you don't have a baking scale, it's 11 Walker's rectangular cookies, from 2 boxes)
  • 1¼ cups loosely packed sweetened flaked coconut
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, packed
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch, packed
  • Pinch salt
  • 1½ tablespoons Malibu Rum (coconut-flavored rum)
  • 5 tablespoons Cream of Coconut (stir well before using)
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk (stir well before using)
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Malibu rum or light rum
  • ¾ cup unsweetened coconut chips or flakes, toasted in a skillet until golden and cooled (see note below)

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