Coconut Shortbread Cookies

These coconut shortbread cookies are made with a combination of coconut flour and either wheat flour or gluten free flour along with butter and sugar. 

These are my first attempt at working with coconut flour as a substitute for "regular" flour. I dipped them in chocolate and added sprinkles to celebrate the summer season. 

Coconut Bran Muffins

Start your day with a super moist and tasty coconut bran muffin with a hint of cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar. 

These muffins are filled with wheat bran, which is the outer layer of the wheat kernel. These muffins are loaded with fiber yet are pretty light, likely because they contain actual wheat bran instead of bran cereal, which can also include other ingredients. 

Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs

These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs are wonderful as an appetizer. You can also shape them into a larger size and serve them with Asian-style noodles, rice, and/or vegetables for a complete meal. 

These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs consist of ground turkey combined with the flavors of ginger, sesame oil, garlic, coconut milk, scallions, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes. 

Snowball Cupcakes

These snowball cupcakes are loaded with coconut. There's coconut in the batter and there's lots of coconut sprinkled over the coconut cream cheese frosting. These cupcakes have winter holidays written all over them.

These coconut snowball cupcakes are seriously delicious. Plus, along with the sweetened coconut in the batter and as a topping, there is coconut milk in the batter and in the cream cheese frosting, making these cupcakes extra coconut-y!

Italian Coconut Crème Cake

This Italian Coconut Crème Cake is filled and topped with a fluffy coconut whipped cream and mascarpone frosting and coated with toasted coconut on the sides. 

This Italian Coconut Crème Cake, as fancy as it looks, is surprisingly easy to make. And, it's so full of coconut! First, there's coconut extract in the cake and frosting. Next, there's coconut milk and shredded coconut in the cake batter.

Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream with Macadamia Nuts

This chocolate coconut ice cream with macadamia nuts is such a chocolatey, creamy, and crunchy treat.

This chocolate coconut ice cream with macadamia nuts not only contains shredded coconut, it also is made with coconut milk. With the macadamia nuts, it is simply decadent and rich.  It's like an imaginary vacation to Hawaii.

Cocada de Forno - Brazilian Baked Coconut

Cocada de Forno, Baked Coconut, is a traditional sweet Brazilian dessert made with shredded coconut.

Baked coconut, or Cocada de Forno, is an easy dessert to make, and it's so delicious. You can make the batter in advance and keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake. The flavor reminds me of coconut macaroons (the kind with two O's).

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Coconut Whole Grain Cookies

The recipe for these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Coconut Whole Grain Cookies comes from my (eons ago) days as a young mother trying to add some nutrition to sweet treats. 

These oatmeal chocolate chip and coconut whole grain cookies are made with 100% whole grains, unsweetened coconut, and walnuts.

Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons

These Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons are moist and chewy and so easy to make.

Coconut Macaroons, not to be confused with French macarons, are a mixture of shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and egg whites.