Coconut Mango Cheesecake Bars Food

COCONUT MANGO CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Spread coconut in a 9x9 baking pan. Bake, uncovered, 4-5 mins or until toasted, stirring once. Allow to cool.
• For crust, put 2 tbsp of the toasted coconut in a food processor. Set the remaining coconut aside. Add the following ingredients to the food processor - graham cracker crumbs, 2 tbsp sugar, orange peel. Gradually add melted butter, processing with on-off turns until mix comes together. Press mix into the bottom of the 9x9 baking pan. Bake 10 minutes Cool for 15 minutes.
• For filling, in a large mixing bowl beat together cream cheese, 1/3 c sugar, and vanilla, using an electric mixer. Add orange juice and beat until smooth. Stir in egg. Pour mix over baked crust. Bake approx 15 mins or until center is just set. Cool on a wire rack, then cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
• Cut into bars. Spoon on mango and sprinkle with reserved toasted coconut.

TOASTED COCONUT MANGO BARS

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper and grease with vegetable oil.
• In a medium bowl, sift the flour, granulated sugar and salt. Add the butter to the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula or spoon. Press the crust mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake until the crust is lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• For the filling: Blend the mango with 2 tablespoons water in a blender.
• Beat together the granulated sugar and eggs in a bowl until combined. Stir in the lemon zest and juice and mango puree. Stir in the flour.
• Pour the filling over the crust. Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake until the filling is set, about 25 minutes. Let cool, then refrigerate at least 1 hour before cutting the bars.
• For the topping: Dust the bars with powdered sugar, sprinkle with toasted coconut and enjoy!

COCONUT CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 9"x13" cake pan with foil so that 2" foil hangs over each side. Butter pan; set aside. In bowl of food processor, add Maria cookies and sugar; pulse until fine crumbs form, about 30 seconds. Add melted butter; pulse to evenly moisten crumbs. Transfer crumbs to prepared pan; using spatula or bottom of glass, press crumbs into even layer. Bake crust until lightly puffed and fragrant, 12-15 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, in medium mixing bowl, using electric mixer, beat together cream cheese, cream of coconut and salt on medium-high speed until well combined, 3-4 minutes. Reduce speed to low; beat in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla extract until well combined.
• Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared pan. Evenly sprinkle coconut over top. Bake until edges of cheesecake is puffed but middle is barely set, 45 minutes. Cool cheesecake on cooling rack until room temperature. Chill in refrigerator, uncovered, until cold, at least 4 hours, or overnight.
• To remove cheesecake from pan, lifting up foil handles; transfer to cutting board. Cut cheesecake into squares. Serve.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-COCONUT CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and egg until smooth.
• If using coconut stir inches.
• Remove half of the dough from wrapper.
• Press half of the dough into bottom of an ungreased 9 or 8 inch square pan.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over dough.
• Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of cookie dough over cream cheese mixture.
• Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch.
• Cool 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour until chilled.
• Cut into bars and serve chilled.

COCONUT-LIME CHEESECAKE WITH MANGO COULIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine the coconut, gingersnap cookies, and melted butter in a bowl; mix until evenly moistened. Press the cookie mixture into the bottom and slightly up the sides of the prepared pan.
• Bake the crust in the preheated oven until browned and set, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat the softened cream cheese in mixer bowl until smooth. With beater set to medium-low, slowly pour the condensed milk into the bowl, mixing only until just blended, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs, individually, allowing the first to blend into the mixture before adding the second; again, scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Pour about half of the cream cheese batter into a separate bowl. Stir the lime juice and lime zest into the portion in the new bowl; pour the batter over the crust in the springform pan, smoothing into an even layer.
• Stir the coconut extract through the remaining cream cheese batter; pour over the lime-flavored batter in the springfom pan, smoothing into an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cheesecake springs back when gently pressed, about 45 minutes. Turn oven heat off, but leave cheesecake inside with oven door slightly ajar until the oven cools completely. Refrigerate until completely chilled.
• Prepare mango coulis by pureeing the mango with sugar until smooth. If too thick, add a teaspoon of water at a time, using just enough to make pourable. Drizzle over cheesecake when plated.

MANGO COCONUT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Wrap outside bottom and side of 10-inch springform pan with heavy-duty foil to prevent leaking. Spray inside bottom and side of pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix crust ingredients. Press in bottom of pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F. Cool crust 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended. Stir in sour cream and mango. Pour filling over crust.
• Bake at 300°F 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until edge of cheesecake is set at least 2 inches from edge of pan but center of cheesecake still jiggles slightly when moved. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Run small metal spatula around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake. Cool on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
• To serve, run small metal spatula around edge of pan; carefully remove foil and side of pan. Sprinkle coconut and additional mango over top of cheesecake. Cover; refrigerate any remaining cheesecake.