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Sweetened Coconut Recipes

8 recipes

  • Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

    Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

    Lisa Donovan

    123 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

    123

    2 hours 20 minutes

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  • Chocolate Cherry Magic Cookie Bars

    Chocolate Cherry Magic Cookie Bars

    Yossy Arefi

    131 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

    131

    45 minutes, plus cooling

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    easy
  • Cookie Butter Blondies

    Cookie Butter Blondies

    Yossy Arefi

    72 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

    72

    40 minutes

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    easy
  • Coconut Almond Blondies 

    Coconut Almond Blondies 

    Samantha Seneviratne

    259 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

    259

    40 minutes

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    easy
  • Island Vibes Zucchini Bread

    Island Vibes Zucchini Bread

    Jocelyn Delk Adams

    119 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

    119

    1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling

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  • Ambrosia Salad

    Ambrosia Salad

    Naz Deravian

    178 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

    178

    4 hours and 15 minutes

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  • Crunchy Coconut Twists

    Crunchy Coconut Twists

    Melissa Clark

    597 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

    597

    25 minutes, plus chilling 

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  • Coconut Pie Bars

    Coconut Pie Bars

    Melissa Clark

    273 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

    273

    1 ½ hours, plus 2 hours’ chilling

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