Recipe of Ultimate Coconut Cream Pie Bars

Coconut Cream Pie Bars.

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Coconut Cream Pie Bars is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Coconut Cream Pie Bars is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook coconut cream pie bars using 27 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cream Pie Bars:

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

Instructions 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.
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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.
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18. Lift entire bar out with foil, then cut into bars with a sharp knife.
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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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