![]() ![]() ![]() Otherwise, I’d use a full tablespoon of natural vanilla extract. I know how expensive a full vanilla bean is, but if you ever have a special occasion for which you want to make this pie, it really does make a difference to use the bean. I did however, follow her recommendation to use a vanilla bean. If you like yours sweeter, feel free to add more than the 2 T. I used a change suggested by Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen, and reduced the sugar in the whipped cream from 1/3 c to 2T. Truly, the BEST Coconut Cream Pie you’ve ever had! I adapted this pie only slightly from Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen. Once you try it, this pie is bound to become one of your all-time favorites! Enjoy! So, next time there is a birthday in your house, maybe give this festive pie a try. If you click the link you could at least see what to look for at your grocery. But if you can’t find them they sell Coconut Chips at Amazon. I got them at my local grocery or Trader Joe’s. I received a question about where to purchase coconut chips. ![]() This is an important change, since the shell is, as she describes, “pesky”. She also has a genius way to avoid using pie weights for baking the shell, which I include in this adapted recipe. She reduced the sugar in the whipped topping. ![]() Instead of 2 cups of milk, it seems pretty standard now to use half coconut milk and half milk, but it’s fine to use 2 c regular milk if you wish.Īnd, Deb Perelman, of Smitten Kitchen, made a couple of adaptations I copied here. I made the pie a couple of times from the recipe in the cookbook, but noticed over the years a few adaptations have been made, by Tom and others, each producing slightly better results, in my opinion, at least. I bought the book and asked him to autograph it for my daughter (ok, I admit an ulterior motive: I wanted this recipe). I met Tom at a cooking store where he was promoting his cookbook Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen, which contains the recipe for this completely over-the-top Coconut Cream Pie. When my daughter was younger, she loved cooking and participated in various cooking camps and classes during the summer months. I, personally, can’t leave any of his restaurants without a slice. All amazing! His original restaurant, The Dahlia Lounge, made famous by a scene in “Sleepless in Seattle” was the first to offer this Triple Coconut Cream Pie, and several others now follow suit. His restaurants are among the best in town, each offering Tom’s spin on classic comfort foods, local favorites, pizza, even plant-based cuisine. Tom Douglas is nothing less than a celebrity here in the Pacific Northwest. If your mouth isn’t watering now, check your pulse. All of that yumminess is (over-the)-topped with a mountain of whipped cream, and covered with toasted coconut chips and shavings of White chocolate. A crispy, coconutty shell encases the best coconut pastry cream you’ve ever had. And my baby girl wanted not just any old pie, but one of my all-time favorites, Tom Douglas’s Triple Coconut Cream Pie. That usually means 4 birthday dinners (or parties ?!), 4 days of celebration, 4 sets of thank you notes, and 4 Over-the-Top Birthday Cakes! Wow! … You’d think, right? But sometimes, just sometimes, I wish for the birthday where someone says, “How about a Birthday Pie?” This year, it happened. It’s Birthday Season in my house! Of the 5 of us, 4 of our birthdays fall between April 3 and June 3. It’s been known to convert even non-coconut lovers! Dreamy! In the end, he makes her laugh by splatting himself in the face with a pie.THIS PIE! Coconut crust + Coconut filling + Toasted Coconut Chips on top = Triple Coconut Cream Pie. Freddie tries finding a way to succeed in making his cousin laugh. Benson's cousin is going to a comic book festival in New Jersey while her baby daughter Stephanie visits for a few days, making Freddie uneasy because the baby always has a blank expression when she sees Freddie, and he believes she does not like him because he is not funny. Galini's assistant, Mario, re-open the pie shop. Galini's office, they accidentally knock his computer over, finding the recipes in envelopes literally stuffed inside the hard drive. Fortunately, when Sam and Freddie were fighting in Mr. Galini's computer at the pie shop during the memorial service. Carly, Sam, and Freddie hatch a plan to find the recipe in Mr. Trudy then feels bad and confesses that she never actually owned the recipe, claiming that her grandfather "kept them in his computer" and she could never find them. She agrees to give them the recipe if she can go on a date with Spencer, but she creeps him out and upsets him. The only person believed to have the recipe is Mr. Galini, they try to find the recipe for their favorite coconut-cream pie. When the group's favorite pie shop closes down due to the death of the head chef and owner, Mr. ![]()
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