Pascha Recipes
Tropical Coconut Islands
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 6 canned pineapple slices, very well drained
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 6 maraschino cherries, drained
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.
- Arrange pineapple slices, spacing 3 inches apart, on prepared baking sheet.
- Beat together egg and sugar at medium speed until pale and thick.
- Stir in coconut, melted butter and almond extract.
- Carefully spoon coconut mixture in a circle over pineapple slices, dividing evenly.
- Fill center of each circle with a cherry.