Coconut recipe collection

Molded ambrosia salad with orange juice gelatin, fresh banana, oranges, and shredded coconut. A vintage Southern gelatin salad that unmolds onto a bed of salad greens for a retro presentation.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

A scrumptious dish that gets its amazing flavor from plain yogurt, red pepper flakes and a pinch of turmeric.

Mother's Christmas cheese cakes: cream cheese pastry tartlets with two fillings, one pecan-brown sugar and one coconut-vanilla. A classic holiday cookie tin stalwart.

Old-fashioned coconut meringue kisses with shredded coconut, vanilla, almond extract, and a cherry half on top. A naturally gluten-free holiday cookie with a crisp exterior and chewy center.

Mound cake: copycat dessert tasting like a giant Mounds candy bar. Devil's food layers with marshmallow-coconut filling and rich chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Mounds cake made with a chocolate cake mix topped with a gooey coconut-marshmallow layer. Tastes like the classic Mounds candy bar in sheet cake form.

Vegetarian mushroom stroganoff with a roux-based vegetable stock sauce, Dijon mustard, and sour cream. A meatless take on the Russian classic that's rich, creamy, and ready in under an hour.

Curried shrimp in coconut milk with a freshly toasted and ground spice blend of cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and dried chiles. Poblano peppers and tomatoes round out this aromatic, from-scratch curry.

Nasi kuning, Indonesian yellow rice cooked in coconut milk with turmeric, lemongrass, galangal, and bay leaf. A fragrant, golden ceremonial rice traditionally molded into a cone shape.

Homemade granola with oats, slivered almonds, coconut, dried cherries, and golden raisins bound with apple juice concentrate and cinnamon. Crunchy, naturally sweetened, oil-free.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with pecans, coconut, and orange peel made in a food processor. Drop, chill, and eat. No oven needed.

Gueyteow Pak, Thai noodles with blanched vegetables and a coconut red curry sauce with tamarind and crushed peanuts. A vegetarian Thai dish garnished with crispy fried potato rounds.

Oatmeal coconut crisps are a big-batch cookie with brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, and coconut baked until crisp at the edges and chewy in the center.

Tropical oatmeal Hawaiian bread with crushed pineapple, shredded coconut, and rolled oats. A moist, no-fat loaf with island flavors and a chewy oat crumb.

Oatmeal raisin sheet cake spiked with cinnamon, cloves, and plumped raisins, baked thin on a sheet pan and finished with a quick poured icing. The bake-sale and potluck cake that feeds a crowd of 24.