Pineapple Coconut Dessert

I am a big fan of Taste of Home Cookbooks and have many of them.  I always feel that their cookbooks are tried and true.  A couple of weeks ago my hubby took one of the cookbooks down and was thumbing through it and telling me all of the recipes he thought I should try.......

The funny part are some of them I had already made or at least made them somewhat like the recipe but because they didn't look like the pictures he didn't think he had eaten them.  Long story short, I made this recipe from  Taste of Home Guilt Free Cooking.

Pineapple Coconut Dessert

Ingredients:

Crust:

2 tbsp butter, melted

3 tbsp sugar (I used Zulka Morena Pure Sugar)
1 egg

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 cans (8 ounces each) unsweetened crushed pineapple, drained (I used 20 ounce can)

Topping:
1 tbsp butter, melted
1 cup sugar (I used Zulka Morena Pure Sugar)
2 eggs
2 cup flaked coconut (I used sweetened coconut)

Directions:
Coat 9 inch square baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.  Preheat oven 325 degrees.
To make crust:  beat butter and sugar together in mixing bowl.  Add egg and beat.  Combine flour and baking powder and stir into egg mixture.
Press into 9 inch square dish.
Spread crush pineapple over crust.
To make topping:  Beat butter and sugar in mixing bowl.  Add eggs and beat.  Stir in coconut.
Spread coconut mixture over pineapple.
Bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes until topping is a golden brown.  Cool.  Cut into squares.

Verdict:  Wonderful light, not too sweet dessert. This dessert would be perfect after a big meal.  I think that it tasted even better the second day when all the flavours came together.  The only thing that I may do differently is decrease the crust slightly.  I am thinking maybe that I could slightly reduce the flour as the crust seemed too thick.

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