AUTUMN SUNSHINE and a pie

Hi, Ya'll ...HAPPY OCTOBER

We have had some rain that has been sooo good. I don't know how much in INCHES...maybe one full one.... but it sure has helped every one's feelings around here. We all just FEEL better when it rains. It never fails to put me in the BAKING MOOD.

SUNFLOWERS, real or faux,
always remind me of AUTUMN SUNSHINE......

 Of all the wonderful treats MR. SWEET'S MOM

made, I remember her best for her amazing

COCONUT CREME PIE...

1960......the year Mr. Sweet and I married....AWWWWW...:)

 ALL of the family ....kids....grownups.....would almost fight for that very last piece....and sometimes,

GRANDMA CONKLIN would sit back, grinning all over the place and BRING OUT ANOTHER PIE.
OOO, were we all happy.  She KNEW how much we all loved her pies...and especially her
COCONUT CREME.

I can't tell you how happy I am to have had enuf SENSE about my silly self

to write down her recipe.

She never really HAD  a recipe.....it was all in her head.

I would say, "Grandma, tell me how to make your Coconut Creme Pie..."

and she would stutter and stammer and finally say, "Well, you add a little flour and..."

and I'd say, "WAIT...HOLD IT...HOW MUCH FLOUR?"

"Well", she'd say, grinning...."about 3 T. full with just enuf milk to make a paste."

and she would go on from there, FINALLY telling me the AMOUNTS to use instead

of "a little of this" and "a little of that".

 ...every time I make one, I blow her a kiss and tell her how 

glad I am to be making HER pie. ♥

 Some times I make my own crust.....

some times I use the
PILLSBURY PIE CRUST
which, by the way, is pretty great.
I do, however prefer the homemade.

I also want to tell you that I used the IDEAL
sugar substitute in this pie and
YOU CAN NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
OOO,
I am sooo sold on this stuff.
I have discovered that you should add a tad more substitute than the recipe calls for sugar.
I LOVE knowing there's no REAL SUGAR in my pies now.....


Just this one fact alone makes it so I CAN HAVE TWO PIECES. :)))
AT ONE TIME !!
hahaa...daughter cautions us that just because there's no sugar, there's still calories..
bummer....

OK....let's just CUT this MASTERPIECE...:))

It's sooo good.
I am so thankful to GRANDMA CONKLIN for learning to make this so good and then passing that "know how"  right on down.

"Stacy, keep this recipe FOREVER... some day, your kids and David's kids might LOVE to know how to make HER pie."

Here's the awesome thing about this pie recipe......you can make it and use
BANANAS instead of COCONUT..and have yourself a
BANANA CREME PIE.
You can add cocoa to it (maybe with a little extra sugar sub) for a nice CHOCOLATE CREME....
and...
I have made it many times with just the vanilla filling and it is awesome that way. I add another bit of Vanilla flavoring to it.....goood stuff.

 ...just a pretty little FAUX flower that has absolutely NOTHING whatsoever

to do with making a good COCONUT CREME PIE...

it's always...ALWAYS...neat to have something PRETTY near by while you eat,

I think. :)

3 tablespoons of flour

a bit of milk....add this to a pan and mix well to create a paste

(this will help your pie creme to thicken)

3/4 to 1 cup of sugar (remember, i used IDEAL sugar sub)

3 egg yolks, beaten and added to milk, flour, sugar mixture after it gets warm

1 can coconut...be sure to save enuf to sprinkle over your meringue

2 cups milk

Stir constantly while cooking over medium heat. 

It will stick and burn so watch it very closely.

Once it thickens, remove from heat, add a capful of vanilla.(you can dab a little behind your ears, like my Aunt Lillian did, if you want too.)

Pour into baked pie crust and put in 400 oven until the meringue is golden brown.
 ♥ ♥ ♥
While the pie is cooking, make a great pot of DUNKIN DONUTS COFFEE...
a cup of good coffee, a slice of mouthwatering pie and you will 
have a CIRCUS IN YOUR MOUTH.

♥ ♥ ♥

MERCY....IT'S GOOD.

"I hope my PINK nose will remind everyone that
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH...."
Dear friend, PLEASE make an appointment today for your
yearly mammogram. I love you.
xoxo bj

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