Coconut Fingers Recipes

COCONUT JAM FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• BASE: Blend the brown sugar, flour and butter until the mixture is well combined. Press evenly into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and spread with the raspberry jam.
• Beat the eggs, sugar, flour, coconut, almonds, vanilla and salt together.
• Spread the coconut mixture evenly over the crust and bake for 20 minutes, or until it is pale golden. Cut into 48 bars while warm and let them cool completely in the pan on a rack.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days at room temperature. Freeze for longer storage.

COCONUT FINGERS

Steps:

• 1. Cut the crust off the bread and slice into nice finger size strips. Lay strips out to dry while getting everything ready. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Set up a cooling rack. A bowl with the condensed milk in it. A seperate bowl with the coconut in it. Have a baking sheet ready.
• 3. Take one strip roll in the condensed milk then into the coconut. Place onto the baking sheet. Place in the oven. Cook until lightly brown, turn over and lightly brown the other side. Take out of oven and place on cooling rack to cool.

COCONUT FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 145 degrees celsius.
• Grease and line an 18cm x 28cm x 2cm baking tray with baking paper.
• In a bowl, put in the butter, golden syrup and egg yolks.
• Slowly add flour and coconut until well covered.
• Place in the prepared tray and press well and evenly.
• Spread with the jam.
• Spread topping over the jam.
• Bake in oven for 45 minutes.
• Cut into fingers while it is still warm.
• TOPPING: Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
• Add the icing sugar bit by bit while still whisking.
• Fold in the coconut.

CRISPY COCONUT CHICKEN FINGERS

Steps:

• Mix together coconut, flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in flat dish.
• Dip chicken strips into egg, then coat with coconut mixture.
• Place in shallow baking pan and drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until brown and cooked through, turning once.
• Make sauce by combining apricot preserves and dijon mustard.

COCONUT-MACADAMIA FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees, with rack in upper third. Sift flour and salt into a bowl; set aside. Put butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl. Gradually add sugar; beat until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Add coconut and macadamia nuts; mix to combine.
• Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture all at once; mix until just combined.
• Butter an 11 1/2- by-8 1/2-inch rimmed baking sheet, and line with parchment, allowing a 2-inch overhang on long sides; butter parchment. Using plastic wrap, press dough into prepared pan. Leave plastic on dough, and refrigerate 20 minutes. Cut into 32 rectangles (about 3 by 1 inch each); prick top all over with a wooden skewer. Refrigerate 15 minutes.
• Bake until golden brown and firm in center, about 40 minutes. Lift out by overhang; transfer to a wire rack to cool. Recut into rectangles.