Coconut Recipes

Frog eye salad with acini de pepe pasta, mandarin oranges, pineapple, and whipped topping in a sweet pineapple custard dressing. The classic Mormon potluck dessert salad.

Chocolate coconut crunch cookies loaded with chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and chopped roasted almonds. Slow-baked at low heat for a crispy, chewy cookie with toasted edges.

Honey-sweetened date and banana cake with sunflower seeds, walnuts, and an optional coconut-honey topping. No refined sugar in this wholesome one-pan cake made with multi-blend flour.

Truffle cookies with a frozen chocolate ganache center wrapped in chocolate cookie dough, baked and dipped in chocolate icing. Three layers of chocolate in every bite.

German chocolate cheesecake squares layer chocolate cream cheese filling over a yeasted crust, topped with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping.

Moist supper cake made with Dr. Pepper-softened oatmeal, brown sugar, and nutmeg, finished under the broiler with a bubbling coconut-cream topping. Retro Southern dessert with real staying power.

Rich date-nut chocolate chip cookies with brown sugar, chopped dates, walnuts, and flaked coconut. A loaded drop cookie with deep caramel sweetness and chewy texture.

Hawaiian brownie cookies rolled in flaked coconut with chocolate chips, cocoa, and brown sugar. Fudgy cookie balls with a toasted coconut coating baked in under 10 minutes.

Fudgy brownies lightened with prune puree instead of butter, topped with a chewy coconut macaroon layer and a chocolate drizzle. A two-in-one treat that's richer and more wholesome than it looks.

Coconut brownies: chewy chocolate brownies loaded with flaked coconut in the batter and crowned with chocolate chips and walnuts. The fudgy chocolate-coconut bar that beats any candy.

Almond Coconut Twinkles: simple buttery drop cookies flavored with almond and vanilla extract and studded with flaked coconut. A short list of pantry ingredients, makes 30 cookies.

Buttery shortbread bars layered with tart raspberry jam, crowned with glossy meringue studded with toasted almonds and coconut shreds.

Chewy coconut cookies loaded with toasted almonds and sweet dates bake low and slow until golden-bottomed with crisp edges for 4 dozen treats.

Soft apricot cream cheese cookies with flaked coconut. Butter and cream cheese creamed with apricot preserves for a tender, fruity drop cookie in 30 minutes.

Layered bar cookies with a butter shortbread base, apricot jam, and a cocoa-coconut-peanut meringue topping. Three distinct layers in every square.

A layered tube cake with banana sour cream batter and a crunchy coconut-oat-pecan streusel swirled through every layer. Semi-homemade with yellow cake mix. Serves 12.