Isaacs Chocolate Coconut Squares Recipes

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, cocoa, and nuts.
• Add to sugar mixture.
• Spread into 9x13 pan.
• Bake at 350* for 30 minutes.
• Combine condensed milk and coconut.
• Spread over cake, bake 15 minutes more.
• Mix frosting ingredients until smooth.
• Spread over the coconut while still warm.
• Chill.
• Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE-COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare an ungreased 13 x 9-in baking pan.
• Combine first 4 ingredients.
• Press mixture into ungreased baking dish.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Combine milk and coconut; mix well, spread over crust.
• Bake for another 10-12 minutes.
• Combine chocolate chips and peanut butter in a small saucepan.
• Cook, over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate melts.
• Spread over coconut layer.
• Garnish with chopped peanuts, if desired.
• Cool and cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a food processor pulse biscuits or crackers until finely ground. Melt butter and in a large bowl stir together with crumbs, coconut, and salt until combined. Firmly press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool crust completely in pan on a rack.
• Chop chocolate. In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth. Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and cool chocolate 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl lightly beat yolks. In a saucepan heat cream over moderate heat until it just boils and whisk 1/2 cup into yolks, whisking constantly. Add mixture to remaining cream and cook over moderate heat, whisking, until an instant-read thermometer registers 160°F. Whisk custard into chocolate until just smooth and pour evenly over crust, smoothing top with a small metal offset spatula or rubber spatula. Chill confection, covered, at least 4 hours, or until firm. With a sharp thin knife cut confection into 36 squares. (Squares keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container and chilled, 1 week.)
• Using star shapes cut out of parchment paper as a stencil, dust squares with confectioners' sugar.