Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate
March 28th, 2011
Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate
For me, this is one of the best desserts I have had in a while. I loooove coconut- like I have a love affair with it. And if you are one of those people that love’s sweet and salty desserts, this is for you.
These are like the perfect hybrid of a flaky shortbread cookie and a cakey blondie. The incredible caramel flavor from the brown sugar and butter, the texture and flavor of the coconut, the crunch of buttery macadamia nuts and the smooth and creamy white chocolate.
These are rich and buttery and totally incredible. Enjoy.
Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate
2 2/3 cup AP flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups shredded, sweetened coconut
1 cup butter, cut into chunks
1 ½ cups macadamia nuts
1 bag white chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9×13” pan with baking spray.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine all of the dry ingredients.
Add the 1 cup of butter and pulse until crumbly.
Add the crumbly dough to the prepared pan.
By hand, mix in the white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts.
Flatten the dough with a heavy spatula.
Bake the bars for about 40 minutes. The bars will be golden brown on the top.
Let the bars cool completely. When they are all the way cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Slice (with a very sharp knife!) into bars and serve!
Those are gorgeous! I love sweet and salty, and loooove coconut. I wonder how they would be with dark chocolate chips? Definitely going to try this one – thanks for sharing!
6:01 am on March 28th, 2011
These coconut bars look amazing!
9:03 am on March 28th, 2011
Wow, do those look amazing!
9:40 am on March 28th, 2011
What a wonderful combination of flavors. I would find these very hard to resist.
1:22 pm on March 28th, 2011
As did I! I put them in the freezer to try to stop the nibbles. It didn’t really work-turns out they are very good frozen too :)
2:19 pm on March 28th, 2011
These sound unreal! I love those Australian things at Costco and have wanted to make them forever. This seems close.
7:34 pm on March 28th, 2011
Oh WOW!! This is right up my alley. I adore coconut and white chocolate, thank you for sharing!! YUM!! These will be made this weekend.
10:35 pm on March 28th, 2011
I should have eaten lunch before I looked at your post today. I’m drooling. These are so creative and look wonderful. You’re a kitchen magician!
9:40 am on March 29th, 2011
This looks amazing. White chocolate and mac nuts are always good together. I’m glad I stumbled upon your beautiful blog.
12:06 pm on March 29th, 2011
These look so yummy! My husband LOVES macadamia nuts! I’m making these today!! As always, great post and thanks for the picture tutorial!
6:56 am on March 30th, 2011
I am so glad you did too! thanks!
8:19 am on March 30th, 2011
Yummm! I love anything with coconut and the nutty taste of macadamia nuts!!
7:18 pm on April 4th, 2011
Oh my goodness, I think I just died and went to heaven!!!
8:26 am on April 16th, 2011
yup in about 1hr these will be coming out my oven.. oh yeah!!! coconut and white chocolate lover’s dream.
1:32 pm on June 28th, 2011
These look amazing and I can’t wait to try them. I plan to use dark chocolate.
One question though: What kind or butter do you use? Salted or unsalted?
4:36 pm on August 4th, 2012
I use salted butter Kim- but you could really do either!
12:23 pm on August 5th, 2012
I am very surprised this recipe has NO eggs in it. What is up with that? Most recipes for these bars call for at least 2 eggs, some require 3.
12:37 pm on December 20th, 2012
These bars have a shortbread texture, so they are very tender and flaky- not cakey or puffy (from the eggs). Give em’ a try!
11:34 pm on December 20th, 2012