This delicious homemade coconut cream pie with coconut milk recipe from scratch is filled in a butter pie crust and topped with our 3 ingredients light and fluffy whipped cream and toasted coconut.
Homemade coconut cream pie is one of our family’s favorite desserts. Our homemade coconut cream pie with coconut milk filling is wickedly thick with a creamy texture that is totally irresistible.
You won’t believe how easy it is to prepare this homemade coconut pie with coconut milk recipe from scratch. First, you prepare the butter pie crust then prebake it, we call this blind baking. The coconut cream follows, then you fill the pie crust and chill it for 2 hours while it sets and thickens. While the coconut cream pie chills, you can toast some shredded coconut and whip up a batch of our light and fluffy whipped cream.
There are 4 components to make this creamy coconut cream pie from scratch.
To mix this pie dough properly you can choose one of these 3 methods.
Here are 3 easy ways to perfectly toast 1/2 cup of shredded, flaked or shaved coconut to garnish this coconut cream pie.
Ready to make this homemade coconut cream pie from scratch? Let’s do it!