Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a awesome dish, coconut cream pie bars. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Coconut Cream Pie Bars is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Coconut Cream Pie Bars is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have coconut cream pie bars using 27 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cream Pie Bars:

1. Get For Coconut Shortbread crust
2. Prepare all purpose flour
3. Get shredded sweetened coconut
4. Make ready confectioner's sugar
5. Take cold salted butter, cut into about 10 pieces
6. Prepare For Chocolate Ganache Layer
7. Take semi sweet chocolate, chopped
8. Prepare heavy cream
9. Prepare For Coconut Cream Filling
10. Take light cream or half and half
11. Get coconut milk
12. Make ready large eggs
13. Get cornstarch
14. Prepare granulated sugar
15. Take salt
16. Get vanilla extract
17. Take coconut extract
18. Take sweetened shredded coconut
19. Make ready For Topping
20. Prepare cold heavy whipping cream
21. Prepare confectioners sugar
22. Get vanilla extract
23. Prepare unflavored gelitin
24. Get cold water
25. Make ready For Garnish
26. Make ready shredded sweetened coconut, toasted, recipe below
27. Get chocolate shavings as needed

Steps to make Coconut Cream Pie Bars:

1. Make crust.
2. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 9 by 13 baking pan with foil. Place one dheet with over hang on the long side and two over lapping on the short side. This will make removing the bars for cutting easy
3. In a large bowl mix together the flour, confectioner's sugar, salt and coconut
4. Add the butter pieces and with a pastry cutter or your fingers combine until it resembles a crumb mixture
5. Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake until golden about 18 to 22 minutes. Remove to rack, cool 5 minutes before adding chocolate ganache layer
7. While crust is cooking make chocolate ganacheplace chopped chocolate in a bowl. Heat cream until hot but not boiling, pour over chocolate. Let sit one minute then stir until smooth
8. Allow chocolate to cool about 5 minutes until it is pourable but not hot. Pour onto crust and spread with an off set spatula or back of a spoon to cover crust. Refrigerate while making filling
9. Make Coconut Cream Filling
10. In alarge saucepan combine crem, coconut milk, eggs, cornstarch sugat and salt. Whisk well and heat, stirring constantly, reaching all corners of pan until mixture comes to a boi, cook still constantly stirring until thick and bubbling.This can takel15 to 20 minutes Remove from heat and add both extracts and the 1/2 cup coconut and stir in, cool 5 minutes
11. Pour warm filling over cooled crust. Let stand at room temperature about 20 minutes before refrigerating until set, at least 4 hours
12. For Whipped Cream Topping
13. Place cold water and unflavored gelatin in a small heat proof bowl. Let stand 5 minutes to soften
14. Have a small skillet with simmering water ready. Place bowl with gelatin in simmering water stirring until dissoved and clear. Turn off heat but leave gelatin in warm water while beating cream
15. Beat cream until it holds soft peaks, add confectioner's sugar, vanilla and liquid gelatin and beat until it holds its shape
16. Spread over coconut cream layer, sprinkle on toasted coconut and chocolate shavings. Chill at least 1 hour for whipped cream to set
18. Lift entire bar out with foil, then cut into bars with a sharp knife
21. How to toast coconut. Preheat oven to 350
22. Spread coconut in an even layer on baking sheet
23. Place in oven and bake until golden 5 to 9 minutes, stirring evey minutes until golden

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