topic Coconut Bars in Recipes

Coconut Bars

Mothertrucker — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 03:00:07 GMT

Who doesnt want to be in a tropical paradise rght about now? Next Best thing for coconut lovers...

Preheat to 350 and line 9x13 pan with parchment

Crust:

2 Cups flour

1 Cup packed Brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup butter, melted

Mix dry ingred and add melted butter, press in to bottom of pan, bake 12- 15 minutes till light golden brown- cool 10 minutes

Reduce oven temp to 325

Filling:

3 eggs

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup bitter, melted

3 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

4 cups cocnut, diviededbrown sugar

Whisk first 7 ingredients and 3 cups cocomut in large bowl.. Pour over crust, sprinkle top with last 1 cup of coconut- Bake 25-30 minutes till light golden brown- cool, remove from pan and cut into bars.

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debic — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:26:59 GMT

Yummm. Coconut is totally my weakness. I'm almost glad my husband won't eat it. I'm not sure if that means more for me, or I don't make it for that reason.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:36:17 GMT

@Mothertrucker

OMGoodness! I'm a goner....sittin' here with the muchies and I'm pretty sure I have all of the ingredients!

You're a bad, bad girl @Mothertrucker! LOL!

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DiAnne — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:38:22 GMT

@Mothertrucker

Is that sweetened coconut?

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Mothertrucker — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:46:38 GMT

@DiAnne, I know its overkill, but yeah, I used the AngelFlake brand, though certainly you dont have to- its based on a Fllipino cake that is also super sweet!

you could certainly use a coconut in a more "natural" state...

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chickenbutt — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:32:04 GMT

debic wrote:
Yummm. Coconut is totally my weakness. I'm almost glad my husband won't eat it. I'm not sure if that means more for me, or I don't make it for that reason.

Ooh, same here! I love love love coconut!

Shoekitty is another major coconut fan so I hope she sees this.

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QPrincess — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 21:58:11 GMT

These sound so good and I'm going to definitely try them so thanks for sharing. Could you explain the very last line in ingredients. I understand about dividing the coconut but what follows that?

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Mothertrucker — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:44:41 GMT

Sorry, you put three cups coconut IN the bars and sprinkle the last cup oer the top before baking.

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vickie25 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:13:56 GMT

In reading the filling, I see:

1/4 cup packed

Packed what?

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Mothertrucker — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:59:06 GMT

Brown sugar..I will see if I can fix it! thanks!

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debic — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:35:08 GMT

LOL, I didn't even notice that.

My husband's nephew loves coconut more than I do. I will make him these when we go visit next.

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doglover3 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 03:57:51 GMT

count me and DH as coconut lovers as well, sounds wonderful.

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DiAnne — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:44:41 GMT

@Mothertrucker

Just wanted to let you know I made these yesterday. Instead of bars I cut them into 4 inch squares - just perfect for a scoop of dark chocolate gelato. Made a quick raspberry sauce to drizzle over and garnished with a couple of mint leaves. It was very pretty and tasty. Thanks for the recipe.

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Mothertrucker — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:52:05 GMT

@DiAnne that sounds so delicious! Yes, they are very "dessert-like", aren't they?

Thank you so much for the feedback! They are easy, too! I love it when crusts are made with melted butter and I dont have to cut it in!

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HappyDaze — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 06:42:18 GMT

oh gosh sounds good! What are bitter though? Never heard of it.

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Mothertrucker — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:06:52 GMT

butter

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Mothertrucker — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:15:57 GMT

Just made another batch of these.. I really dont think they are overly sweet..even WITH sweetened coconut..Now wondering about tweaking with some chocolate in the crust, perhaps? Or what about that new chocolate sweetened condensed milk in the filling?

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chickenbutt — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 20:13:49 GMT

Ooh, chocolate with coconut! Can't lose there.

I love milk chocolate with coconut (or marshmallow or peanut butter or or or. ...hehe).