Apple Dapple Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups diced apple without peel
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup brown sugar (optional)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• combine oil, butter or margarine, and sugar together. beat well with a mixer. add eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and vanilla; mix well. stir in apples, coconut, raisins, and walnuts. pour batter in prepared pan.
• bake for 90 minutes. remove cake from oven. let it cool in the pan for a few minutes, and then remove from pan.
• if desired, make glaze. in a small saucepan, heat brown sugar, butter or margarine, and milk. bring mixture to boil, and stir for 1 minute. pour over warm cake.

Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 3 cups half-and-half
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
• 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 4 hrs 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• spread the coconut on a baking sheet and bake it, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• in a medium saucepan, combine the half-and-half, eggs, sugar, flour and salt and mix well. bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. remove the pan from the heat, and stir in 3/4 cup of the toasted coconut and the vanilla extract. reserve the remaining coconut to top the pie.
• pour the filling into the pie shell and chill until firm, about 4 hours.
• top with whipped topping and with the reserved coconut.

Melt In Your Mouth Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/3 cup flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (10 inch) pie crust, baked and cooled

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 3 hrs 10 mins


• gently combine the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, coconut, chopped nuts and drained crushed pineapple. fold in the whipped topping. pour batter into the prepared pie shell. refrigerate for several hours before serving.

Thai-style Steamed Pumpkin Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
• 1/4 cup rice flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons arrowroot powder
• 1/2 cup coconut cream
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (2 pound) pumpkin - peeled, seeded, and grated
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• bring about 1-1/2 inches of water to boil in a steamer fitted with a basket large enough for a 9-inch square baking dish to lie flat.
• sift the tapioca flour, rice flour, and arrowroot powder together into a bowl. gradually stir the coconut cream into the mixture until completely incorporated and smooth, about 10 minutes. stir the sugar, pumpkin, coconut milk, and salt into the mixture, dissolving the sugar completely into the batter; pour into a 9-inch square baking dish.
• steam over the boiling water until the cake is cooked through, about 25 minutes. allow the cake to cool before cutting into squares to serve.

Tropical Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups diced cooked chicken breast meat
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1/2 cup diced fresh mango
• 1/4 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts
• 2 cups diced fresh pineapple
• 1 cup juice packed mandarin oranges, drained
• 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons reduced fat sour cream
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• in a mixing bowl, combine the chicken, celery, mango, water chestnuts, pineapple, mandarin oranges, mayonnaise, sour cream and coconut extract. mix together well and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours before serving.

grandmother's oatmeal coconut cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 100
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup crispy rice cereal (such as rice krispies®)
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat brown sugar, white sugar, and butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. add 1 egg one at a time, allowing the first to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next with the vanilla.
• stir flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. beat into the butter mixture until just incorporated into a dough. fold oats, crispy rice cereal, and coconut into the dough; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• drop cookie dough by teaspoonful baking sheets.
• bake in preheated oven until browned, 8 to 9 minutes. cool cookies slightly on baking sheets before moving to cooling racks to cool completely.

grandmother's oatmeal coconut cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 100
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup crispy rice cereal (such as rice krispies®)
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat brown sugar, white sugar, and butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. add 1 egg one at a time, allowing the first to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next with the vanilla.
• stir flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. beat into the butter mixture until just incorporated into a dough. fold oats, crispy rice cereal, and coconut into the dough; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• drop cookie dough by teaspoonful baking sheets.
• bake in preheated oven until browned, 8 to 9 minutes. cool cookies slightly on baking sheets before moving to cooling racks to cool completely.