Tropical Oatmeal Recipes

Steps:

• Add the oats to a blender, cover and blend to a fine powder. Add 2 ice cubes, banana, coconut milk, lemon juice, vanilla and 1/8 teaspoon salt, cover and blend until smooth. Add the mango and pineapple, cover and blend until smooth, at least 1 minute.
• Pour the smoothie into two large chilled glasses and garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; blend well. Add flour and baking soda; mix well. Stir in oats, coconut, nuts and dried fruits.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto sprayed cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

Steps:

• Cook oatmeal in microwave or stovetop as you normally do.
• While cooking, slice up banana: 1/4-inch slices, cut into four pieces.
• When oatmeal is done, add coconut extract and banana. If desired, add a sweetener and/or milk to thin oatmeal.

Steps:

• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and allspice in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended, then beat in the vanilla.
• With the mixer at low speed, add the flour mixture in two batches, beating until just combined. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the oats, chocolate chips, coconut, pecans and dried fruit until incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
• Position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto the lined baking sheets (you should fit about 12 cookies on each baking sheet).
• Bake until the cookies are slightly browned around the edges and the centers are beginning to turn golden, 17 to 20 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes, then transfer the cookies with a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugars together until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and pineapple.
• Blend in other ingredients.
• Drop by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.