Ede's White Christmas Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar

• 1/4 cup flour

• 1 envelope Knox gelatin

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp cream of tarter

• 1 cup coconut

• 1 3/4 cups milk

• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/4 tsp almond extract

• 3 egg whites

• 1/2 cup whipping cream

• 1 - 9" baked pie crust

Assemble these ingredients, and then...

• Blend 1/2 cup sugar, flour, gelatin and salt thoroughly in sauce pan.

• Gradually stir in milk.

• Cook over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring constantly.

• Boil 1 minute.

• Place in cold water to cool until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon.

• Blend in flavorings.

• Carefully fold into meringue made of egg whites, cream of tarter and 1/2 cup sugar.

• Gently fold in whipped cream, then fold in coconut. 

• Pile into cooled baked pie shell.

• Sprinkle additional coconut on top.

• Chill several hours.

Serve cold.  Delicious topped with crushed berries.