Coconut recipes

Peanut chicken curry simmered in coconut milk with red curry paste, ground roasted peanuts, spinach, and fish sauce. A Thai-inspired one-pot dish ready in 25 minutes.

Thai duck curry (kaeng pet) simmered in coconut milk with a handmade curry paste of dried chilies, lemongrass, shrimp paste, and coriander seeds. Rich, aromatic, and deeply spiced.

Old-fashioned date and nut candy rolled in a wet towel and sliced into rounds. Just five ingredients, no thermometer fuss, with a soft fudge-like chew.

Vegan pecan spice cookies sweetened with maple syrup and barley malt. Whole wheat flour, chopped pecans, raisins, and warm star anise, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Dairy and egg free.

Thai-style spicy peanut sauce for satay: red curry paste cooked in coconut cream until oily, finished with thin coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, tamarind, and ground peanuts.

Crispy fried ginger cookies glazed with golden sugar syrup for a Sri Lankan treat that shatters with every bite. Fresh ginger juice delivers warm spice balanced by sweet candy coating.

Crispy baked chicken legs served with homemade mango ginger chutney and toasted coconut carrot rice. A tropical-meets-comfort dinner with bold, layered spices.

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

No-mix seven layer bars with graham cracker crust, coconut, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, walnuts, and sweetened condensed milk. Just layer, bake, and slice into gooey, crunchy bars.

Two doughs, one pan, all the chocolate. Classic chocolate chip cookie dough layered with coconut and topped with cocoa-rich double-chocolate drops baked into bulls-eye cookie bars that are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle.

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 peanut butter drops with oats, walnuts, and coconut. Boil the base for 3 minutes, stir in everything else, drop, and cool. A stovetop cookie that skips the oven entirely.

Baked sweet potato pudding with raw grated sweet potatoes, flaked coconut, evaporated milk, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A Caribbean-style comfort dessert that's creamy, coconutty, and golden-topped in just over an hour.

Peanut butter cookie brownie bars with a fudgy brownie base, peanut butter cookie dough chunks, coconut, and a double hit of chocolate and peanut butter chips. The dessert mashup that wins every bake sale.

Beef Panang is a quick Thai curry with beef simmered in creamy coconut milk, red curry paste, and fish sauce, ready in 25 minutes. A weeknight curry with bold heat and sweet balance.

Homemade hoppers, the iconic Sri Lankan bowl-shaped crepe made from a fermented rice flour and coconut milk batter. Lacy-crisp at the edges, soft and spongy in the center, ready for curry, jam, or butter.