
Found this recipe in the latest Martha Stewart Living - looks too good not to try!
Chocolate-Coconut Cheesecake Squares
Makes about 7 dozen.
Ingredients
2 cups finely ground graham crackers (from 15 rectangles)
3 cups (10 ounces) finely shredded unsweetened coconut
5 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 stick ( 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cut into 2-inch pieces, plus more for pan
3 large eggs plus 5 large egg yolks
12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan. Line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 sides. Butter parchment.
Stir together graham cracker crumbs and 2 cups coconut.
Place chocolates and 3 tablespoons sugar in a heatproof bowl, and set over a pan of simmering water. Heat, stirring, until melted. Add butter, and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat, and let cool slightly. Whisk in 1 egg.
Stir chocolate mixture into coconut mixture. Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake until set, 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool in pan.
Using a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat cream cheese and remaining cup sugar on high speed until very smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to medium, and add egg yolks and remaining 2 eggs, 1 at a time, until well combined. Scrape sides of bowl. Beat on medium-high speed until completely smooth, about 3 minutes.
Pass mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, and stir until smooth. Pour over cooled crust. Sprinkle remaining cup coconut evenly over the top.
Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until top layer is just set and coconut is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Refrigerate, loosely covered, overnight.
Run a sharp knife around edges of pan, and use parchment to lift out cheesecake. Run a knife under hot water, and dry well. Use it to cut cheesecake into 1-inch squares, wiping knife clean between cuts. Serve immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
6 comments:
Oh my, those look so good. I'd omit the milk chocolate and use all semi-sweet, but that's just my taste :) I'm going to have to try all of these yummy new recipes! Too bad Aaron is out of town this week - I guess the kids will have to be my guinea pigs!
I wonder how big of a deal it would be to use sweetened coconut instead of unsweetened - that's all I have on hand. It will probably just make it sweeter? I'm going to try it, anyway! Rob's poker friends will be my guinea pigs!
Do it. I don't buy anything BUT sweetened coconut!
This sounds SO yummy!! Too bad MY guinea pig doesn't like Coconut! :( I guess I will have to make them and eat them all by myself! Or find a neighbor that will eat them!
I'm thinking I will try just the chocolate part, since I need neither the calories nor the cholestrol of all those eggs.
What's not to love?? UM, the cocunut!!
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