Saint Lucian Coconut Pie

Ingredients

• •Crust:
• •1/2 cup butter
• •2 cups flour
• •3/4 cup sugar (white or brown)
• •1 teaspoon baking powder
• •3 tablespoons water
• •Filling:
• •1 coconut
• •1 cup brown sugar
• •1 cup water

Directions

1. 1Mix dry crust ingredients with butter until mixture is crumbly, then add water. Dough should be slightly sticky. Pat into nine-inch pie pan, reserving enough dough to make a latticework top.
2. 2Grate coconut (coarsely) into a pot; add sugar and water and heat until mixture becomes syrupy. Pour into crust and make latticework over the top by rolling out thin strips of reserved dough. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, covered with foil for first 1/2 hour, then uncovered until golden brown.