Recipe: Millionaire Pie for NM

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Millionaire Pie
Delicious any time, Millionaire Pie is especially prized by the summer cook who doesn't want to heat up the kitchen.

8 oz. Package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
8 oz. Can of crushed pineapple, undrained
1 cup Grated coconut
1 cup Chopped pecans
8 oz. Carton of whipped topping, thawed (OR 2 cups whipping cream, whipped and sweetened with 3 tablespoons of sugar
Prepared 9-inch pie shell

Cream together the softened cream cheese and the sugar with an electric mixer, letting the mixer run for 3 or 4 minutes on high speed. Stir into the cream cheese mixture the crushed pineapple, coconut and pecans, and mix well. Carefully fold in half of the whipped topping until filling is blended well. Reserve remaining half for top Pour filling into a prepared crust, and chill for several hours.