Monthly Archives: September 2008

I had a sudden craving for coconut cream pie one night.  I am so frustrated by diner coconut cream pie – it is usually dense, flavorless, and too sweet.  After baking one, I found that the key is unsweetened coconut – it was located in our international section.  Give it a nice toasty tan.  Don’t bother with the Baker’s brand stuff. Here is the Baking Illustrated version: Here it is after the massacre that is my stomach: