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COCONUT CREAM PIE WITH ALMOND CRUMB CRUST

Almond Crust:
1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs

1/3 cup finely ground blanched almonds

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp nutmeg

5 TBL butter, melted

1/4 tsp almond extract

Combine all ingredients & pat the mixture evenly onto the bottom & up the sides of a greased 9" pie plate. Bake in a preheated 400* oven for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.

Filling:
2 cups milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup + 1 TBL cornstarch

1/2 tsp salt

2 egg yolks, beaten

1 TBL vanilla

1 TBL butter

1 cup shredded or flaked coconut

Scald the milk in a large saucepan. Mix together the sugar, cornstach & salt in a small bowl. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the heated milk. Cook over low heat just until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks & stir to combine. Return to the suacepan along withe the vanilla, butter & coconut. Cook over medium heat 3-4 minutes, stirring.
Remove from heat; cover the mixture with a sheet of waxed paper or plastic wrap placed directly on the surface so the filling won't form a skin. Cool, then chill 2 hours or more. Pour the filling into the pie shell.

Topping:
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp sugar

Combine the cream, vanilla & sugar. Whip until the mixture forms soft peaks. Spread over filling

***If you perfer, you can sustitute a regular baked pie shell for the crust***