Coconut Crunch Pudding Parfaits Food

COCONUT PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine water and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool for 10 minutes. Stir in coconut and vanilla. Cool to room temperature. , In a small bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form; fold into coconut mixture. Pour into dishes. Freeze 1 hour or overnight. Just before serving, sprinkle with almonds and coconut.

COCONUT CHIA BANANA PUDDING PARFAIT

Steps:

• Combine the coconut milk, soy milk, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract, salt and 4 of the bananas (broken in half) in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth. Put the chia seeds in a medium mixing bowl or a large glass jar and pour the banana mixture on top. Stir well to combine, and put the mixture in the refrigerator for 4 hours or up to overnight to thicken. (Stir the mixture after 1 hour, to ensure no chia seeds settle to the bottom of the bowl or jar.)
• Slice the remaining bananas. Spoon 3/4 cup chia pudding into each of 6 bowls, jars or parfait glasses, and top each serving with 1/4 cup yogurt, a sixth of the banana slices and 1/2 tablespoon coconut. Serve.

COCONUT CRUNCH DELIGHT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; press lightly into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes to form coarse crumbs. Cool. , Divide crumb mixture in half; press half into the same baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk the milk, extract and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. , Fold in whipped topping; spoon over the crust. Top with remaining crumb mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Garnish with fresh strawberries if desired.

CREAMY COCONUT RICE PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, combine the first 5 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to maintain a low simmer. Cook, uncovered, 35-45 minutes or until rice is soft and milk is almost absorbed, stirring occasionally., Remove from heat; stir in extracts. Cool slightly. Serve warm or refrigerate, covered, and serve cold. To serve, spoon pudding into dishes. Top with fruit; sprinkle with almonds and coconut.

COCONUT CRUNCH DELIGHT

Steps:

• 1. Turn oven on at 350* Combine in a bowl: margarine, coconut,flour brown sugar and either almonds or walnuts. Press lightly in a greased 9x13x2 baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. stir every 10 minutes to form coarse crumbs. Cool
• 2. Divide in half. Press half in same baking dish and Reserve the rest. Mix 2 pkg instant coconut cream pudding and 2 2/3 cups milk ( I usually add 1 tsp. vanilla) Fold in the 2 cups cool whip. Spoon over crumbs in baking dish.
• 3. Top with remaining crumbs. Cover and refrigerate over night. Eat and enjoy. I use 2 large boxes of puddings so have to double the milk.

COCONUT MANDARIN PARFAITS

Steps:

• Pour milk into medium bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 min or until well blended.
• Spoon half of the pudding evenly into 4 dessert glasses, and drop a few mandarin orange slices into the pudding.
• Let pudding set for 5-10 minutes.
• Cover with few mandarin slices, touching the edge of glass.
• Top orange slices with a spoonful of sheredded coconut, rest of pudding, then the rest of coconut.
• There is no set amount for each serving, just divide the layers evenly for four servings. You can also get creative with your ingredients -- like substituting bananas for the oranges. I think two average-sized bananas would work.

COCONUT CRUNCH PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• Coconut Crunch: Combine flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add coconut. Rub mixture until no lumps of margarine remain. Turn into ungreased 9x9 pan.
• Bake at 400ºF for about 20 minutes, stirring with fork every 5 minutes, until golden. Stir to break up large clumps. Cool. Makes 1 1/3 cups crunch.
• Coconut Custard: Microwave milk (and honey, if using) in glass bowl for 3 minutes, or until very hot but not boiling.
• Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar (if using) and salt in small bowl. Gradually stir in half-and-half (or blend) until smooth. Slowly stir into milk. Microwave until boiling and thickened (about 4-5 minutes) stirring at least every minute.
• Combine some of milk mixture with egg yolks. Mix well. Stir into milk mixture. Cook 1-2 minutes more until thickened.
• Stir in margarine, coconut and flavouring. Cover with plastic wrap directly on surface to prevent skin forming. Cool. Makes 2 1/3 cups custard.
• Layer custard and crunch several times in parfait glasses, ending with crunch.

COCONUT CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Cut croissant into 1-inch cubes and spread along the bottom of a greased 9 inch square baking pan.
• Mix eggs, light cream, coconut milk, sugar and water until well combined.
• Pour custard mixture over bread cubes. Let sit for 15 minutes to 24 hours.
• Top with shredded coconut and macadamia nuts. Bake for 60 to 75 minutes.

CHOCOLATE PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix the chocolate and cocoa powder and set aside.
• In a medium, heavy saucepan, heat the half-and-half over medium-high heat until almost boiling (bubbles will form around the edges).
• In a heatproof bowl, whisk together the sugar and eggs until thick and pale yellow, about 2 minutes.
• Slowly whisk half of the hot half-and-half into the egg mixture and then pour the mixture into the saucepan.
• Bring just to a boil over medium heat and cook, whisking constantly, until bubbly and thickened, 1 minute.
• Pour the custard through a sieve into the reserved chocolate-cocoa mixture and whisk until smooth.
• Let cool slightly then press plastic wrap onto the surface to cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
• Scoop the chocolate pudding into individual cups and top with the whipped cream and cookies.

JELLO PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• Make Jell-O your choice of flavors. Mom made red; strawberry or cherry.
• Let chill until almost set.
• Make pudding with the vanilla pudding mix and milk. You can make whatever flavor trips your trigger; Mom always made vanilla.
• Start a layer of pudding in clear wide mouthed glass.
• Add a layer of Jell-O.
• Add layer of pudding, the Jell-O, then pudding.
• Do 4 glasses that way.
• Chill for a couple of hours until Jell-O is completely set.
• Serve.
• Can top with whipped cream if you want to be really fancy.