Coconut Recipes

Buttery pecan coconut cookie balls with a hint of almond, baked golden and finished with a tropical pineapple honey glaze or a roll in powdered sugar. Makes about 6 dozen bite-sized treats.

Hawaiian sweet yeast bread with mashed banana and crushed pineapple, finished with a cream cheese-honey-coconut glaze. Tropical brunch loaf.

Lone dao jiow is a Thai coconut-fermented soybean dipping sauce served warm with fresh cucumber, cabbage, and green beans. Salty, sour, sweet in every bite.

Glazed coconut tube cake soaked in hot coconut sugar syrup for 4 hours. Buttermilk batter with flaked coconut, chopped nuts, and a double dose of coconut flavoring.

Hungarian tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell and five filling options: almond, pecan, walnut, coconut, and farmer's cheese. A traditional holiday baking project.

Thai rice balls in sweet coconut milk made with rice flour and arrowroot, boiled then simmered in warm coconut sauce. A naturally gluten-free Southeast Asian dessert served hot.

Thai satay sauce from scratch: a dry-toasted aromatic paste of chiles, shallots, garlic, and galangal cooked into coconut milk with peanuts, sesame, tamarind, and fish soy.

The laziest, most crowd-pleasing dessert you'll ever make. Cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. Just layer, dump, and bake.

Old-fashioned bourbon fruitcake packed with golden raisins, candied cherries, pineapple, citron, pecans, and coconut. Baked low and slow in a tube pan for rich, dense results.

Salmon tagliatelle in a spicy tomato-coconut sauce with pimentos, chillies, paprika, zucchini, and coriander. A fusion pasta dinner for two using pantry-friendly canned salmon.

Tender chicken simmered in a rich coconut milk and red curry paste sauce with zucchini, jalapeños, and fresh basil. A quick, creamy Thai red curry ready in 40 minutes.

Southern beans stew with black-eyed peas, bell pepper, thyme, cinnamon, and creamed coconut stirred in at the end. A hearty vegetarian stew with Caribbean-Southern crossover flavors.

The flavor of fresh lemon grass balances the flavor of the seafood, serving the same purpose as the fresh lemon wedges served with seafood in other cuisines.

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.

Thai-style tomato fish soup with haddock, coconut milk, red curry paste, fish sauce, and fresh lime. Creamy, fragrant 30-minute Thai-inspired soup.

Rich, fudgy Mississippi mud cake loaded with coconut, crunchy nuts, and gooey marshmallow cream under a thick cocoa frosting. A Southern classic that's sinfully easy to make from scratch.