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Coconut piecrust

February 24, 2021 by Lisa Grable 8 Comments

Pie is an important feature for celebrations around here. Key lime and passion fruit are two favorites. This coconut piecrust is a great taste complement for tropical flavors.

coconut piecrust recipe

We have five birthdays in our family in a 6-week period, so pies are on my mind right now. I’ve developed a coconut piecrust recipe that I hope you will enjoy.

You will need an 8- or 9-inch pie pan, a container for melting butter, and a food processor. No food processor? You can use a heavy-duty food storage bag and a rolling pin or mallet.

  • ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes (found in the baking aisle)
  • key-lime-pie - 41 box coconut cookies (5 oz., or about 40 small cookies). I have used Salem Baking Toasted Coconut Moravian Cookies and Coconut Hula Creems. I’ve also mixed in Trader Joe’s ginger cookies. This will also work with coconut sandwich creme cookies, but will be much sweeter.
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

piecrust melted butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the center. Melt butter in the microwave. I use a glass-measuring cup for this. Watch closely, just do this long enough for the butter to just melt. Measure ½ cup of coconut flakes and put in a 1 cup dry measuring cup. Place 9-12 cookies in the food processor and pulse into small crumbs. Add crushed cookies to the 1-cup measure until full. Continue processing cookies until you have 1 ½ cups of cookie crumb/coconut mixture. Pour into pie pan.

piecrust coconut cookie crumbs

 

Pour melted butter over the crumbs. With your fingers or a rubber spatula begin pressing from the center to push crumbs in an even layer over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes to set.

piecrust pressed into pan

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10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Author: Lisa Leonor Grable

1 9-inch piecrust

Coconut piecrust

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes (found in the baking aisle)
  • 1 box coconut cookies (5 oz., or about 40 small cookies)
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the center.
  2. Melt butter in the microwave.
  3. Measure ½ cup of coconut flakes and put in a 1 cup dry measuring cup. Place 9-12 cookies in the food processor and pulse into small crumbs. Continue processing cookies until you have 1 ½ cups of cookie crumb/coconut mixture.
  4. Pour into pie pan.
  5. Pour melted butter over the crumbs.
  6. With your fingers or a rubber spatula begin pressing from the center to push crumbs in an even layer over the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
  7. Bake for 10 minutes to set.
  8. After cooling, use with key lime or other tropical pie filling.
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I use this crust with key lime, passion fruit, or coconut (haupia) filling.  I think it would taste great with chocolate also. This crust has possible variations. It’s possible to set the crust by chilling in the refrigerator. You can substitute or add almond or ginger cookies to the mixture. You can use melted coconut oil instead of butter (extra virgin for more coconut flavor or naturally refined).plumeria bar

Let’s talk story

I was hunting around the Internet for cookie piecrust recipes. So many are out there with graham crackers and sugar. I kept thinking, why? The cookies are already sweet! I decided to go old school and got out my 1973 Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.

better homes and gardens new cook book   key-lime-pie - 2

I was delighted to see several pages of piecrusts! I tried the recipe that was just coconut flakes, butter, and sugar. It was good, but too chewy for our taste. So I combined two ideas from the old cookbook.

piecrust 1973 recipes

These vintage piecrust recipes work well, and it reminds me that old cookbooks are worth using for reference. While we often need to adapt recipes for modern healthy living, it’s pie after all!plumeria bar

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What’s your favorite pie crust?

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  1. marilyn1998

    March 11, 2021 at 11:42 am

    Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. We appreciate your shares. They have been Tweeted Pinned. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn

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  2. barrie

    February 24, 2021 at 12:03 pm

    My mom still has her Betty Crocker cookbook back from when she got married! It is old and torn, but my brother and I “fight” over who gets it. lol. I love this recipe and can’t wait to try it with my mom

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    • Lisa Grable

      March 8, 2021 at 12:01 pm

      Hey Barrie, I love that you all still have Betty Crocker! Good luck with the piecrust!

      Reply
  3. marilyn1998

    November 12, 2020 at 11:28 am

    ********************************************************
    Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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  4. marilyn1998

    May 29, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.

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  5. marilyn1998

    May 24, 2019 at 4:44 pm

    Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.

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  6. amy

    April 27, 2015 at 9:20 am

    This looks fabulous!!!

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    • Lisa Grable

      April 27, 2015 at 4:30 pm

      Hope you will get a chance to try it soon! Let me know what filling you use.

      Reply

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