Coconut Crunch Pudding Parfaits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Coconut Crunch
1/2 cup all-purpose flour or 1/2 cup light spelt flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed or 2 tablespoons sucanat
1/4 cup hard margarine or 1/4 cup butter, chilled
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Coconut Custard
1 1/3 cups milk
2 tablespoons flour or 2 tablespoons light spelt flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup granulated sugar or 1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup half-and-half cream (blend, in Canada)
2 large egg yolks, fork-beaten
2 teaspoons hard margarine or 2 teaspoons butter
1/2 cup flaked coconut
2 teaspoons coconut flavoring or 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Coconut Crunch: Combine flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add coconut. Rub mixture until no lumps of margarine remain. Turn into ungreased 9x9 pan.
Bake at 400\u00b0F for about 20 minutes, stirring with fork every 5 minutes, until golden. Stir to break up large clumps. Cool. Makes 1 1/3 cups crunch.
Coconut Custard: Microwave milk (and honey, if using) in glass bowl for 3 minutes, or until very hot but not boiling.
Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar (if using) and salt in small bowl. Gradually stir in half-and-half (or blend) until smooth. Slowly stir into milk. Microwave until boiling and thickened (about 4-5 minutes) stirring at least every minute.
Combine some of milk mixture with egg yolks. Mix well. Stir into milk mixture. Cook 1-2 minutes more until thickened.
Stir in margarine, coconut and flavouring. Cover with plastic wrap directly on surface to prevent skin forming. Cool. Makes 2 1/3 cups custard.
Layer custard and crunch several times in parfait glasses, ending with crunch.