Coconut recipes

Flaky yeast pastry twists filled with ground walnuts, coconut, and sugar. The dough chills overnight and bakes into buttery, golden spirals. Makes 60 bite-sized pieces for sharing.

A tropical rum cocktail blending dark rum, coconut rum, banana liqueur, and fresh fruit juices with a splash of grenadine and honey. Island vibes in every sip.

German chocolate pies: two pies at once, gooey cocoa-pecan-coconut filling in flaky shells. One to eat now, one to freeze. A Southern dessert for holidays and church suppers.

Lemon and coconut roulade spread with melted chocolate and rolled with whipped cream and fresh berries. A flourless sponge that's lighter than it looks.

Hawaiian bread baked in the bread machine: a sweet pineapple juice dough studded with chopped macadamia nuts and coconut. Tropical sandwich loaf at home with no added fat.

Buffalo chip cookies are giant oat-and-cornflake cookies customized with raisins, peanuts, coconut, butterscotch, or chocolate chips. Yields 60 jumbo bake-sale cookies.

Pineapple apple cake sweetened with apple juice concentrate and topped with coconut, walnuts, cinnamon, and diced fruit. No refined sugar in the batter, all natural sweetness.

Rich cocoa-swirled cheesecake meets gooey coconut pecan frosting in this German chocolate cake hybrid. Crisp chocolate cookie crust, velvety filling, and sticky caramel topping loaded with toasted nuts.

Fresh spinach slow-cooked with ghee, soaked almonds, shredded coconut, caramelized brown sugar, mustard seeds, cumin, fenugreek, ginger, green chilies, and nutmeg. A rich Bengali-style spinach side dish.

Indonesian beef satay skewers with thinly sliced marinated flank steak, pineapple, cucumber, and bell peppers, drizzled with a peanut-coconut-curry yogurt sauce. Grilled in minutes.

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

Crunchy drop cookies packed with oatmeal, flaked coconut, and corn flakes in a buttery brown sugar base. They spread thin and crisp up with golden, lacy edges in just 12 minutes.

Easy devil's food cake made extra moist with sour cream, topped with coconut, chocolate chips, sugar, and cinnamon before baking. One pan, one hour, zero fuss.

Indian lima bean stew (dalna) with cumin, coconut, tomato, ginger, and fresh dill. Inspired by Orissan mung bean dalna, this vegan one-pot dish pairs with rice pilaf.

Try these moist cookies that are simple and easy to make when in a hurry!

Broiled pineapple fanned over crisp puff pastry rounds, pooled with a creamy pina colada sauce of coconut milk, rum, and egg yolks, dotted with strawberry syrup. Tropical dinner-party dessert.