Indulge in one of your favorite treats without having to leave the house. This copycat Baker’s Square Coconut Cream Pie recipe is a dessert masterpiece.
Baker’s Square is famous for its pies, especially in the Midwest. This is one of their best pies and I recreated the recipe for you right here. Now, you can make homemade pie at home, it isn’t too hard!
What do you think of when you think of coconut cream pie? Is it the slightly-nutty flavor? Or maybe it transports you to a tropical vacation. For me, I think of a thick slice of homemade pie from Baker’s Square, with fluffy whipped cream on top. This is the perfect way to finish a meal and it pairs perfectly with a hot cup of coffee.
How To Make Coconut Cream Pie
There are two ways to make a coconut cream pie. There is a regular pie and a black-bottomed version. If you are making the black bottom version this will add about 1 hour to the pie-making process. You will want to add your chocolate layer before you add the coconut cream layer. I recommend using dark chocolate, or bittersweet chocolate for this. You may find milk chocolate to be too sweet.
What’s in coconut cream pie?
Here are the ingredients I used in my coconut cream pie filling.
- Half and Half – you can use heavy whipping cream if you have it on hand, it will just alter the flavor a little bit.
- Eggs
- White Sugar
- All-Purpose Flour
- Coconut Flakes
- Vanilla Extract
What is the blackened bottom of coconut cream pie?
This is my favorite way to make this pie. It’s basically melted chocolate with some milk mixed in. Be careful when you melt the chocolate for this layer. You don’t want to scald it.
Can You Freeze Coconut Cream Pie?
Fresh-baked coconut cream pie will last about 4-days in the refrigerator. Coconut cream pie does not freeze well. Since this is a no-bake pie when you go to thaw it, the texture changes. I recommend just eating it as soon as you make it.
Homemade coconut cream pie
Here’s my recipe for homemade coconut cream pie. You are going to love it!
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Bakers Square Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 3 cups half-and-half
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flaked coconut, toasted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 9 inch baked pie shell b
- 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
Optional Variation
- 6 ounces bittersweet or dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Optional Variation If you are making the black bottomed version, heat milk to scalding in a pan on the stove, remove the pan, and add chocolate. Stir the chocolate into the milk until it has melted completely.
- Pour chocolate into pie shell and allow to set for 60 minutes before adding the coconut cream layer.
- In a medium saucepan, combine half-and-half, eggs, sugar, flour and salt. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. R
- Remove from heat, and stir in 3/4 cup of the coconut and the vanilla extract. t.
- Pour into pie shell and chill 2 to 4 hours, or until firm.
- After pie is chilled add 1 cup of frozen topping and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup flaked coconut.
Nancy says
In your directions you say to combine the half n half, eggs, etc. When I look at the recipe, there are no eggs mentioned. How many 2? or 3?
Chriz says
Eggs are not part of the ingredient list but eggs are in the directions???
Stephanie says
It is two eggs, Sorry the eggs fell out of the recipe.
Judith Treadway says
Just about every recipe for coconut cream pie uses flour for thickening. Can one use corn starch instead or will that not work?
Stephanie says
I think it would work just fine. You need to use half of the amount that you would for flour. Corn starch is 2X as powerful as flour when it comes to thickening.
Cheryl says
Do you bake the pie shell before the chocolate layer,and do you remove the custard as soon as it comes to a boil or cook for a time
Stephanie says
Yes, you would bake the coconut pie before baking the shell.
Sunny says
In the recipe I see, the “Optional Variation” (aka chocolate layer) is the very first part of the recipe. Was this added afterwards, because I can’t believe so many readers would have missed it otherwise.
stephaniemanley says
No, I missed putting it in. I added it after the fact.
Cathie says
Is this a “black bottom” coconut cream pie? Sounds good, but I see no mention of the chocolate layer in the recipe.
Stephanie says
Yes, there is a variation for this listed in the instructions.
stephaniemanley says
Cathie, I added the instructions for the black bottom pie.
Ouida Gravitt says
yeah, where is the chocolate that i see on the bottom of the pie?
Stephanie says
It has been added to the instructions.
lisa g. says
Is that a layer of chocolate beneathe the coconut cream filling in the picture? Please let me know & thx!
Stephanie says
Yes, there is an optional layer if you want at the the bottom of the pie.
Stephiecupcakes says
This is not the copycat recipe I need from Baker’s Square! Haha. I have been looking everywhere for the recipe for their Peanut Butter Cup pie. It was my all-time favorite dessert growing up, and all the Baker’s Square locations have closed in California! I was lucky enough to stop by one when I flew into Minnesota to visit my in-laws in Iowa, but it made me want the recipe even more! Hope you can help!
Barb Ross Gardiner says
Try Allrecipes.com . They have a recipe or more for Everything.
Michelle says
Well, what about the whipped topping and the other 1/4 cup of coconut??
Stephanie says
After the pie is chilled and set, top with whipped topping and flaked coconut.
Jeannie Carle says
This was all 3 years ago and no one even yet has explained the black bottom to the pie. I guess it’s just our imagination???
stephaniemanley says
Of course it isn’t a figment of your imagination. I will add the optional step. Thanks for pointing out I was horrifically late in answering the concern here.
Jeannie Carle says
Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! All these were so old I just knew I’d never hear back! 🙂 Love it with this chocolate twist! I wasn’t being hateful – just a bit sarcastic – sorry! And again, thank you!!!
stephaniemanley says
Well I guess its best to assume the worst, and then be surprised. Being sarcastic in print never translates well if you don’t have a personal relationship with someone. It is an unfortunate consequence when the internet is involved.