Coconut Dessert Recipes

Strawberry Shortcake

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Tea biscuit with fresh cut strawberries and whip cream!

Coconut Tea Biscuits:

2 cups organic whole wheat flour
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup coconut flour
1 tablespoon organic whole sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons baking powder
½ cup coconut oil – cold
1 egg
1 cup milk
additional oil for cookie sheet

Toppings:

cut up fresh strawberries, or fruit of your choice
about 1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
organic whole sugar

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheet(s) and set aside.

Mix dry ingredients together and cut in oil with pastry cutter or use your hands until just blended. Beat egg in separate bowl. Add milk and egg to dry ingredients. Mix until just blended. Don’t overwork dough.

Roll out dough to 2 inch thickness. Cut out biscuits with biscuit cutter or use a small drinking glass. Bake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven on the prepared cookie sheets until tops are golden brown. Cool biscuits on cooling rack.

Cut up fresh strawberries or any cut fruit of your choice. Whip heavy cream with vanilla extract and sweeten to taste with sweetener of your choice. Cut tea biscuits in half and top with the berries and cream. Enjoy!

Note: A guest said those are the best biscuits she ever tasted, what’s my secret? I said Tropical Traditions coconut oil!

Recipe submitted by Sandy, Truro, NS, Canada

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Coconut Almond Fudge

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1 cup virgin coconut oil
¼ cup carob (or cocoa) powder
¼ cup almond butter
¼ cup raw honey
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
chopped almonds or nuts of your choice
dried coconut
chopped sunflower seeds

Place all ingredients except the nuts, coconut and sunflower seeds in a large glass bowl and set in simmering water and mix until everything is well blended. Stir the desired amount of the last three ingredients.

Spread fudge in a 9×12 glass pan with buttered parchment paper. Cool in refrigerator or freezer.

Recipe submitted by Kim, Chickasaw, OH

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Banana Coconut Ice Cream

3 frozen bananas
1/4 cup shredded or flaked coconut (1 ounce)
1/4 cup dried unsweetened fruit (I use cherries or raisins)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon organic chocolate powder (optional)
1 teaspoon + coconut cream concentrate
1/4 cup filtered water

Place all ingredients in a VERY STRONG blender and blend starting a low speed, working up to the highest speed until all is mixed and is the consistency of ice cream.

If needed, add a couple ice cubes to thicken and chill.

This makes a generous serving for two.

Recipe submitted by Tammy, Cape Girardeau, MO

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Easy Vegan Macaroons

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1-1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (can substitute regular milk if desired)
2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
2 tablespoons coconut cream concentrate
4-6 tablespoons whole organic sugar, depending on your taste
1 tablespoon organic cornstarch
1 tablespoon coconut flour
2 cups shredded coconut
½ cup coconut flakes
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
24 whole almonds or walnut halves for garnish
Coconut oil for greasing pans

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Heat milk of your choice, oil, coconut cream and sweetener of your choice on low until melted. Add cornstarch & coconut flour and whisk until smooth. Add milk mixture to all other ingredients in a large bowl and mix. Spoon batter in mounds about the size of 2 tablespoons onto cookie sheets well greased with coconut oil. Top with nuts and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown on tops and edges. Let cool before serving. Makes about two dozen.

Note: Sugar can be substituted with honey or xylitol. Use about 3 tablespoons of either one.

Recipe submitted by: Kai, Lakeport, CA

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Coconut Snickerdoodle Delights!

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Makes approximately 6 dozen; cut in half for smaller quantity.

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup Virgin Coconut Oil
1 cup organic whole sugar
1 cup honey
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups unbleached organic flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup organic shredded coconut
1/2 cup “freshly ground” organic flaxseed

Extra cinnamon and sugar mixed together for sprinkling

Cream together butter, coconut oil, sugar, honey, vanilla and eggs in a large mixing bowl on medium speed. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl consistently until smooth. Sift in flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add coconut and ground flaxseeds. Place each teaspoon of rolled dough on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and gently press each cookie with the bottom of a glass. Now sprinkle each cookie with the cinnamon and sugar mixture and return to the oven to bake an additional 3 to 4 minutes until a light golden color. Let cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet. Move to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!

Submitted by Chris, Calamus, IA

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Oatmeal Coconut Crisps

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1 cup coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon himalayan salt
2 1/2 cups organic oats
1 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup Virgin Coconut Oil (preferably soft)
1 2/3 cup organic whole sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Stir together dry ingredients except sugar. Cream coconut oil and sugar together in an electric mixer on medium speed until mixture looks creamy. Add eggs one at a time then extracts. Add dry ingredients into sugar mixture gradually and mix until everything is well mixed together.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls/tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and flatten slightly with a fork. Bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Submitted by Jennifer, Patriot, IN

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