Joe Licata’s Best-Ever Coconut Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole milk
• 3 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 3/4 cup cold heavy cream or whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons sifted confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract