Coconut Cream Pie Cookie Squares Recipe!
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp almond extract, optional
1/8 tsp coconut extract, optional
1 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsps flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 1/2 cups milk, separated
1/4 cup cornstarch
5 egg yolks (save your whites for an egg white omelet the next morning. you'll need it!)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp coconut extract
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup shredded or flake coconut
Instructions
-Preheat oven to 400-Grease a square baking dish
-Cream together butter and sugar then mix in remaining wet ingredients
-Mix dry ingredients together then add to wet mixture
-Combine mixture until dough forms
-Spread evenly in the bottom of your baking dish
-Bake about 15-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean (crust will not get golden brown!)
-Chill in the refrigerator while making filling
-In a saucepan, whisk together sugar, coconut milk, and 1 cup of milk over high heat and scald (take off the heat right before it boils - when you see little bubbles start to rise on edges of the pot), set aside
-In a small bowl, whisk remaining 1/2 cup milk with corn starch, set aside
-In yet another bowl, whisk salt with egg yolks
-Whisk in about a half cup of the scalded mixture to the yolk mixture until completely incorporated
-Add that yolk mixture and the corn starch mixture back into the pot with the scalded mixture and whisk over medium high heat until it turns into a thick pudding
-Remove from heat and stir in butter, extracts, and coconut
-Pour over chilled cookie crust and place back in the refrigerator while making the whipped cream
Whipped Cream Topping
Ingredients
1 cup cream
2 1/2 tbsps powdered sugar
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup shredded or flake coconut, for garnish
Directions
-Preferably in a stand mixer, beat the 3 ingredients until it becomes fluffy! You can use a hand mixer or whisk the mixture until your arm falls off, too.
-Evenly spread whipped cream over coconut filling and then sprinkle with coconut. You can even toast the coconut if you like!