Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, coconut cream pie bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Coconut Cream Pie Bars is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Coconut Cream Pie Bars is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook coconut cream pie bars using 27 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cream Pie Bars:
- Take For Coconut Shortbread crust
- Get 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- Get 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- Get 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- Prepare 3/4 cup cold salted butter, cut into about 10 pieces
- Get For Chocolate Ganache Layer
- Get 6 ounces semi sweet chocolate, chopped
- Take 1/3 cup heavy cream
- Make ready For Coconut Cream Filling
- Get 3 cups light cream or half and half
- Make ready 3 cups coconut milk
- Make ready 4 large eggs
- Get 2/3 cup cornstarch
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Get 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
- Take 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- Get For Topping
- Prepare 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream
- Make ready 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 teaspoon unflavored gelitin
- Take 1/4 cup cold water
- Get For Garnish
- Make ready 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut, toasted, recipe below
- Get chocolate shavings as needed
Instructions to make Coconut Cream Pie Bars:
- Make crust.
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 9 by 13 baking pan with foil. Place one dheet with over hang on the long side and two over lapping on the short side. This will make removing the bars for cutting easy
- In a large bowl mix together the flour, confectioner's sugar, salt and coconut
- Add the butter pieces and with a pastry cutter or your fingers combine until it resembles a crumb mixture
- Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake until golden about 18 to 22 minutes. Remove to rack, cool 5 minutes before adding chocolate ganache layer
- While crust is cooking make chocolate ganacheplace chopped chocolate in a bowl. Heat cream until hot but not boiling, pour over chocolate. Let sit one minute then stir until smooth
- Allow chocolate to cool about 5 minutes until it is pourable but not hot. Pour onto crust and spread with an off set spatula or back of a spoon to cover crust. Refrigerate while making filling
- Make Coconut Cream Filling
- In alarge saucepan combine crem, coconut milk, eggs, cornstarch sugat and salt. Whisk well and heat, stirring constantly, reaching all corners of pan until mixture comes to a boi, cook still constantly stirring until thick and bubbling.This can takel15 to 20 minutes Remove from heat and add both extracts and the 1/2 cup coconut and stir in, cool 5 minutes
- Pour warm filling over cooled crust. Let stand at room temperature about 20 minutes before refrigerating until set, at least 4 hours
- For Whipped Cream Topping
- Place cold water and unflavored gelatin in a small heat proof bowl. Let stand 5 minutes to soften
- Have a small skillet with simmering water ready. Place bowl with gelatin in simmering water stirring until dissoved and clear. Turn off heat but leave gelatin in warm water while beating cream
- Beat cream until it holds soft peaks, add confectioner's sugar, vanilla and liquid gelatin and beat until it holds its shape
- Spread over coconut cream layer, sprinkle on toasted coconut and chocolate shavings. Chill at least 1 hour for whipped cream to set
- Lift entire bar out with foil, then cut into bars with a sharp knife
- How to toast coconut. Preheat oven to 350
- Spread coconut in an even layer on baking sheet
- Place in oven and bake until golden 5 to 9 minutes, stirring evey minutes until golden
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