Coconut Pie

Ingredients

• one cup softened butter (eight ounces or 225 g)
• one-half cup Sugar
• two eggs, beaten
• one cup milk
• two cups grated coconut
• one teaspoon vanilla
• a pinch of baking soda
• one-half teaspoon grated nutmeg (optional)
• one 9-inch pie shell

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F. In a large kitchen bowl make the filling by blending together all of the ingredients, starting with the butter and Sugar, then adding other ingredients. Pour into the baked pie shell.
2. Cover with the pie crust strips, arranged in a criss-cross pattern, if desired.
3. Bake in a 350 °F oven until filling is done and crust is golden brown—30 to 40 minutes. Serve warm, or cooled to room temperature.