12 coconut brown sugar recipes

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with shredded coconut and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Brown sugar and shortening give these a soft center with lightly crispy edges.

Fresh nectarine chutney with coconut, ginger, curry powder, raisins, and lemon. A quick-cooked, refrigerator chutney that mellows overnight into a sweet, tangy, tropical condiment.

Teem gok: deep-fried wonton cookies filled with dried fruit, coconut, almonds, and brown sugar. Crispy Chinese dessert wontons golden-fried in minutes.

Old-fashioned coconut fudge candy shaped into little haystacks. Brown sugar, butter, and shredded coconut cooked to soft-ball stage, then dropped onto wax paper. Makes about 60 pieces.

Traditional Filipino bibingka made with sticky mochi rice, coconut milk, and dark brown sugar baked on banana leaves. Chewy, sweet, and caramelized on top with a broiled golden crust.

My husband's baseball team prefers these cookies to chocolate chip..... if I make anything else, I have to have Alabama's too!

Rich Thai red curry with prawns and butternut squash in coconut milk sauce, ready in 60 minutes for weeknight Thai dinners with authentic restaurant flavor.

Mexican flag cookies bake a coconut-extract sheet cookie cut into 3x4 rectangles, then decorate with green, white, and red icing stripes plus a chocolate eagle. Cinco de Mayo party favorite.

Florentine cups: miniature honey-almond cereal cups with coconut, raisins, and orange zest, finished with a citrus icing drizzle. Italian florentine cookie meets mini muffin.

Piña colada punch with homemade coconut milk, fresh pineapple juice, ginger-cassia tea, and rum or gin. Big-batch tropical party drink that serves a crowd.

Famous oatmeal cookies with 3 cups of rolled oats, brown sugar, and vanilla. A big-batch base recipe that yields 5 dozen and welcomes raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, or coconut mix-ins.

Keep these in the freezer and enjoy anytime you feel like having something sweet. Perfect with an afternoon cup of tea or coffee.