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Sweetened Coconut Recipes

8 recipes

  • Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

    Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake

    Lisa Donovan

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

    144

    2 hours 20 minutes

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  • Chocolate Cherry Magic Cookie Bars

    Chocolate Cherry Magic Cookie Bars

    Yossy Arefi

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

    151

    45 minutes, plus cooling

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    easy
  • Cookie Butter Blondies

    Cookie Butter Blondies

    Yossy Arefi

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

    84

    40 minutes

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    easy
  • Coconut Almond Blondies 

    Coconut Almond Blondies 

    Samantha Seneviratne

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

    294

    40 minutes

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    easy
  • Island Vibes Zucchini Bread

    Island Vibes Zucchini Bread

    Jocelyn Delk Adams

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

    126

    1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling

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  • Ambrosia Salad

    Ambrosia Salad

    Naz Deravian

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

    185

    4 hours and 15 minutes

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  • Crunchy Coconut Twists

    Crunchy Coconut Twists

    Melissa Clark

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

    599

    25 minutes, plus chilling 

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  • Coconut Pie Bars

    Coconut Pie Bars

    Melissa Clark

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

    274

    1 ½ hours, plus 2 hours’ chilling

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