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Gooey Coconut Pie Bars – We can all just say I’m crazy for coconut, especially after making these!
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Whenever I say my blog name to people who are not bloggers and not in the food world, they say, “Oh, you sell pizza?” It constantly boggles my mind that people do not think about pie crust as much as I do.
I think about crust multiple times a day. I think about what pie I can make next. I think about what dessert I can make into pie. I think about what recipe I can give a crust that doesn’t have one.
You could say I’m crazy for crust, obviously. My goal in life is to give every single dessert a crust at some point, and to turn every pie I love into something else that’s secretly getting pie into every other dessert.
The goal for these Gooey Coconut Pie Bars was to turn my favorite coconut pie into a bar cookie with a shortbread crust.
Mission accomplished.
I think my other goal in life, as I mentioned last week, is to make as much coconut dessert as I want all year long. I cannot believe I went 34 years of my life thinking I hated coconut.
These bars are like a gooey bar married a coconut pie married shortbread bars married pie bars. You know, if food could marry more than one thing at a time.
The base recipe is from these Chocolate Almond Toffee Shortbread Bars, that have a buttery shortbread crust and a gooey sweetened condensed milk filling. I took out the chocolate and almonds and toffee and added COCONUT.
The result of these Gooey Coconut Pie Bars? A gooey shortbread bar that tastes like coconut pie.
Gooey Coconut Pie Bars Are Perfect For Any Occasion
Don’t tell anyone, but I think I love making pie bars more than I love making traditional pie. One, it’s easier to cut. Two, it’s easier to eat – no fork! And three, it’s easier to store, freeze, and package for giving.
In other words, these Gooey Coconut Pie Bars are perfect for anything – a party, a potluck, giving to a friend, or just because you love coconut and it’s Tuesday. You must try them if you love coconut!
Gooey Coconut Pie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 can 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
Instructions
- Line a 9x13” pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place butter, flour, salt and powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or use a hand mixer). Mix until smooth a cookie dough forms.
- Place shortbread in the prepared pan. Spray your hands with cooking spray and press to a thin layer in the pan. Bake shortbread layer for 15 minutes.
- While the crust is baking, stir together sweetened condensed milk, egg, and coconut extract. Stir in coconut. After 15 minutes of baking, pour the milk mixture carefully over the hot crust. Continue baking for about 17-19 minutes until the sides start to look golden brown.
- Cool completely before cutting into bars. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
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Last Updated on August 21, 2018
Since we are having easter fasting time. Pinned it for march 27th special on easter day. Thanks dear for sharing a wonderful lovely recipe???
Wonderful recipe. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I will certainly try it and post the feedback here.
Regards
Archana
I love love pie crust too! And turn coconut pie into bars with crust is just genius!!
I’d say you are winning in the dessert crust department! Love these pie bars. So coconut-y and gooey!!
I life without coconut would be so sad 😉 So glad you had a change of heart cause these bars are phenomenal!
Oreos, lemon, and coconut. <<< my three loves. And I think you already know how much I want these. Sharing later today!
I’m crazy for coconut! Thanks for the recipe! I don’t think we have coconut extract or sweetened coconut in Finland though (shredded coconut like that we do have). Anything I could replace them with?
I think they’ll be perfectly sweet with regular coconut. As for the extract, try amazon! Otherwise they’ll still be good, just not as much of a punch of the flavor. Use vanilla instead!
Haha yes you are definitely crazy for crust! And that’s a delicious thing! These pie bars sound so good, Dorothy! Wish I had a few for breakfast!
that’s funny about the pizza crust!!! and hey, making every single dessert a crust sounds great to me! I love these gooey coconut pie bars!!! love me some coconut!
You can never go wrong with a coconut dessert, especially these bars! So creamy good!
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