Sunday and a….

coconut cream pie.  Yes, I have been busy the last couple of days and I have decided to reward myself with a homemade coconut cream pie.  I will have to show a picture of my pie tomorrow.

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My Coconut Cream Pie

•3/4 cup white sugar
•1/3 cup all purpose flour
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•2 cups milk
•4 egg yolks (beaten) Save the egg whites for the meringue
•2 TBLs butter
•1 &1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
•1 9 inch pie crust, baked
•1 cup toasted coconut (toast in 400 degree oven about 5 minutes or less, watch carefully.)

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and the salt. Add the beaten egg yolks to the 2 cups of milk mixing thoroughly. Pour into dry ingredients mixing thoroughly. Turn on medium heat and cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and starts to bubble. Be careful not to scorch. Turn off heat. Add butter and vanilla and 1/2 cup of the toasted coconut and mix  thoroughly.  Pour the cooled filling into the pie shell . Have your oven preheated to 350 degrees.

Fix the meringue. Whip the egg whites on high until they begin to peak. Add 1/3 cup sugar to the egg whites and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Spread the meringue evenly over the filling.  Sprinkle the remaining toasted coconut on top of the meringue   Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until the meringue is golden brown.

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I hand washed the car as best I could and it does look a lot better.  I could have gone to one of the car wash places but I was too lazy, besides it was wonderful being outside in  the warm sunshine.  I also cleaned and dusted the furniture and tackled the bathroom.  After all of this I went outdoors and picked up the pieces of glass that have been in the grassy area since the tornado.  The glass has been mentioned several times to the office with no response so I did what I would do if I still lived in my own home; I cleaned it up. 

I have also finished a couple of books one by Linda Lael Miller (one of my favorite authors) titled Yankee Wife.  This is a book from 1993 that I had on my book shelf for several years and I just now got around to reading it.  

http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/books/yankee-wife/

“A year after the Civil War, courageous former Union nurse Lydia McQuire was gamely scraping out an honest living. But now, as she said yes to marrying a stranger, her knees gave way with fear. Mr. Devon Quade had seemed polite and handsome when she answered his ad for a wife. Only after Lydia had arrived in Washington territory did she learn that her bridegroom wasn’t to be sweet Devon Quade, but his older brother Brigham, a widower with strapping shoulders, hands as strong as steel, and an arrogant belief that he was lord and master of his lumber empire, the town of Quade’s Harbor, and the woman he married. Lydia’s dislike of him was instantaneous…yet Brigham was awakening in her a white-hot passion, and a firm resolve: before she would share his bed, he would have to surrender himself, heart and soul.”

Photo and excerpt are from Ms. Miller’s own website which is the link listed above.

I hope you all are have a lovely Sunday.  Rain is moving in here.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth