Coconut Macaroon Pie
Note: Butter-flavored shortening can be substituted for butter and add 1/4 teaspoon more vanilla. Due to the filling being moist I brush the unbeaten egg white to prevent the filling from soaking into the crust and help keep it crisp. Because this pie is baked in a slow oven, to brown the bottom crust you must place the pie on the bottom rack where the temperature is higher.
Total Steps
8
Ingredients
14
Tools Needed
6
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (for crust)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (for crust)
- 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening (for crust)
- 3 tablespoons ice cold water (for crust)
- 2 eggs (for filling)
- 1/2 cup water (for filling)
- 1 1/2 cup sugar (for filling)
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour (for filling)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (for filling)
- 1 1/3 cup lightly packed moist flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled (for filling)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (for filling)
- 1 egg white (for brushing crust)
- 3 ounces baking chocolate, melted
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Step 2
Prepare dough for crust. In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt.
Step 3
Cut in shortening using a pastry blender or a fork, until flour is blended to form pea-size chunks.
Step 4
Sprinkle with water, one tablespoon at a time. Toss lightly with a fork or with fingertips until dough forms a ball. Do not overwork the dough.
Step 5
Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface, in a circle 3 inches larger than the pie plate you plan on using. Fold dough into quarters. Unfold and press into pie plate.
Step 6
For a single pie crust, trim 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the pie plate. Fold the edge under and flute it.
Step 7
For the filling, in a medium bowl, beat eggs, water, sugar, flour and salt together until very well blended. Stir in coconut, butter and vanilla.
Step 8
Brush the unbaked pie shell with the unbeaten egg white. Pour the filling into the pie shell. Bake on the bottom oven rack until the filling is set and very lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack and drizzle with melted chocolate before serving.