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Gluten Free Desserts and Sweets

Chewy Almond Joy Coconut Macaroon Discs

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Chewy Almond Joy Coconut Macaroon Discs Recipe
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Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Stir together sweetened condensed milk, egg white, pure vanilla extract and salt. Add shredded coconut and stir until well combined. Place by teaspoonful onto parchment lined baking sheets. Spread cookie mixture out with spoon or fingers until about 1/4 inch thick.

Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet or wire rack.

Melt chocolate chips in heat-proof bowl over simmering water. Drizzle chocolate over cookies and sprinkle with sliced almonds.

* You can make your own sweetened condensed milk with our recipe here.

Recipe submitted by Rebecca, Lyons, NY

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Puerto Rican Style Rice Pudding

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Puerto Rican Style Rice Pudding Recipe
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Servings: 10
Preparation Time: 3 hours

  • 1 1/2 cups of organic short-grain rice
  • 1 teaspoon organic whole cloves
  • 2-3 organic cinnamon sticks
  • 5 – 2 inch pieces organic fresh ginger root
  • 4 cups water
  • 16 oz. of organic coconut cream concentrate
  • 1/2 cup organic California raisins
  • 13-14 oz. organic coconut milk*

1. Wash rice and soak in water to cover for 2 hours.

2. Add spices (cloves, cinnamon, peeled & cut ginger) to a large pot with 3 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer 15-20 min. Remove spices from pot.

3. Add 1 cup of water, drained rice, coconut cream concentrate and raisins and cook over low heat for 15-20 min. or until most of the liquid is absorbed, without stirring.

4. Add coconut milk and cook 20-30 min over low heat. Continue to stir the rice every 10 minutes or so to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

5. Spoon rice into a flat serving platter or individual containers and allow to cool at room temperature. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top. Serve it warm or cold.

* For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

Recipe submitted by Ibelisse, Chicago, IL

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Coconut Lavender-Hibiscus Sweeties

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Coconut Lavender-Hibiscus Sweeties Recipe
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Servings: 12 “sweeties”
Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (you may not use this all, depending on your consistency)
  • 3-4 tablespoons coconut cream concentrate
  • 1-2 tablespoons dried coconut flakes
  • 1 tablespoon dried lavender
  • 1 tablespoon dried hibiscus flowers
  • vanilla crème stevia, to taste
  • coconut stevia, to taste
  • 5 drops lavender essential oil (optional)

Warm your coconut oil and coconut cream concentrate on the stove until melted, and stir in vanilla crème stevia and coconut stevia to taste.

While that is melting, add your shredded coconut, dried lavender, and dried hibiscus flowers to your food processor or blender and pulse till ground up finely. For a more pronounced vanilla flavor, you could add vanilla bean seeds to the mix. Once that is pulsed well, stir it into the coconut oil and coconut butter and stir till well mixed.

Pour your mixture into candy molds, mini cupcake liners, or allow to harden enough to use a melon baller to roll into truffles. For truffles, allow to harden in the fridge for a few minutes until the texture is hard enough to scoop out and roll into balls. If you roll into truffles, you can roll them in coconut flakes for a little extra coconutty flavor.

Refrigerate for an hour to harden (or pop in the freezer for 20 minutes if you can’t wait!) and then enjoy!

Recipe submitted by Stacey, TX

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Coconut Cashew Cookies

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Coconut Cashew Cookies Recipe
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Servings: 20
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the cashews and coconut in a food processor and pulse until a coarse sand texture is created.

Add the sweetener, vanilla beans, salt and soda and pulse until combined.

Add in the oil and coconut milk and pulse again to form a dough.

Using a cookie scoop or spoon, place balls of dough on a parchment cookie sheet and press down slightly on each dough ball. They will spread more in the oven.

Place an additional cookie sheet under the other sheet to prevent the bottoms of the cookies from browning too much.

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes, until slightly brown.

Remove from the oven and let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes to set then place them on a cooling rack to get crisp.

Store in an airtight container.

* For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

Recipe submitted by Kate, Highlands Ranch, CO

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No Bake Coconut Brownie Bites

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No Bake Coconut Brownie Bites Recipe photo
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Servings: 16 brownies or 8 bars
Preparation Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes

Soak the dates or figs in a bowl covering them with water for about 1 hour. This will soften them and help the mixing process along.

1. After the dates or figs have soaked, drain them through a colander and place them in a food processor with the blade already in place. You will need the S blade.

2. Add the remaining ingredients and process for about 15-20 seconds until a thick dough forms. It will be very thick and pasty.

3. Remove the dough and place it in an 8″x8″ glass baking dish.

4. Press the mixture down with your hands and press it for several minutes “kneading” it with your fingers to press to the edges. You want to make sure it is completely even. It doesn’t have to be quite smooth at this point, just even.

5. Now, take the juice from one lemon and squeeze it on top of the mixture. You will not be able to taste it, but it does enhance the flavor of the chocolate. The acid from the lemon will help smooth everything down and the juice will help to make the smoothing process easier.

6. Take the back of a large spoon and smooth everything down across the top until it has a smooth finish.

7. Sprinkle with additional coconut for garnish if desired.

Place the pan in the fridge so it can chill for one hour, or overnight.

9. When you’re ready to cut the brownies, take the pan out of the fridge and cut in 4 strips vertically and then cut 4 more strips the opposite way horizontally.

10. Chill in the fridge for one hour or overnight.

11. When ready to serve, just lift each brownie out of the pan with a fork or spatula.

12. Keeps for one week in the fridge.

Recipe submitted by Heather, Moore, SC

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Grain Free Chocolate Cherry Blondies

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Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 10

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the softened butter/oil and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream with a hand mixer or in a stand up mixer until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and continue to blend.

In a mixing bowl combine the flour, soda and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture as you continue to beat until well combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips and lastly, fold in the cherries.

Bake for about 25 minutes until slightly brown.

Let cool for 30 minutes before cutting into them (I prefer these out of the refrigerator cold).

**It is almost impossible to find fresh cherries this time of year, so frozen is what you will use. They tend to be very dark in color and that is why this looks like a blueberry blondie. It is best to keep them frozen until you have added the chocolate chips so they do not melt and bleed into the dough.

Recipe submitted by Kate, Highlands Ranch, CO

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Chewy Peanut Butter Coconut Macaroon Discs

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Chewy Peanut Butter Coconut Macaroon Discs Recipe
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Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Stir together sweetened condensed milk, egg white, pure vanilla extract, peanut butter and salt. Add shredded coconut and stir until well combined. Place by teaspoonful onto parchment lined baking sheets. Spread cookie mixture out with spoon or fingers until about 1/4 inch thick.

Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet or wire rack.

Options: you can add chocolate chips or pieces in place of some of the shredded coconut (change to 1 3/4 cups shredded coconut & 1/4 cup chocolate chips) before baking or melt chocolate and drizzle over cookies after baking.

* You can make your own sweetened condensed milk with our recipe here.

Recipe submitted by Rebecca, Lyons, NY

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Almond Coconut Chocolate

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Almond Coconut Chocolate Recipe
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Servings: 6-12
Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes

Melt coconut oil over low heat. Transfer coconut oil to medium mixing bowl. Add cocoa powder, whole sugar, and vanilla and mix until well blended. Stir in coconut flakes and almonds.

Pour onto wax paper and put in freezer to harden. Cut, serve and enjoy!

Recipe submitted by Lisa, Geneva, IL

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