Coconut Mountains Recipes

SOFT AND CHEWY COCONUT PYRAMIDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170/fan150/325/gas 3.
• Mix all four ingredients together in a bowl. Divide into 6 portions, and mould each portion with your hands into a pyramid shape.
• Place each one onto a greased baking sheet.Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the tops are dark golden brown, and the sides have also take on some colour.
• Let cool on the tray then simply pick up and eat/store! Initally they'll very soft, but they'll harden as they cool.
• Once completely cool, they can be stored in an air-tight tub for up to 4 days.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° until the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. , For the filling, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until smooth. Add pecans and coconut. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie. , For topping, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter with water; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar. Drizzle over cookies.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
• Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt together; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Mix well after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes OR until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans and let cake cool completely.
• Spread Rocky Mountain Filling between layers and top with coconut.
• For the filling:.
• Combine sugar and water in a heavy saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil and sugar is dissolved.
• Beat egg whites until foamy.
• While beating at medium speed of electric mixer, slowly pour hot syrup in a thin stream over egg whites.
• Turn mixer to high speed and continue beating until stiff peaks form and mixture is thick enough to spread.
• Stir in coconut, raisins, currants and almonds.