• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour or 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 9-inch baked pastry shell
• 1 recipe of Meringue
• Oven 350 degrees
• In saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat till mixture boils and thickens, Cook 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat add 1 cup coconut.

  Stir small amount hot mixture into yolks; return to hot mixture; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla; cool to room temperature (To prevent a crust from forming, put clearn plastic wrap or waxed paper directly on top, touching surface of the hot pudding clear to sides of bowl.) Pour into baked pastry shell.

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