Serves: 8
Total Calories: 158

3 tablespoons coconut flaked
7 macaroon cookies (2 1/2 -inch) crispy-style
2 tablespoons margarine melted
1/3 cup sugar
1 envelope unflavored jello
1 cup water cold
2 eggs yolk large, beaten
1 (8-ounce) container pina colada lowfat yogurt
1/8 teaspoon liquid coconut flavor
1/8 teaspoon pineapple flavoring
2 eggs white large, at room temperature
2 tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 9-inch pie plate with softened margarine.

In a shallow pan, bake coconut for 5 minutes or until toasted, stirring occasionally for even browning set aside to cool.

Break up macaroon cookies. Place in a food processor bowl or blender container. Cover and process or blend with on-off bursts to make fine crumbs (you will have about 1 cup). In a small bowl, mix cookie crumbs and 2 tablespoons margarine until all crumbs are coated. Press crumbs in bottom and halfway up sides of pie plate.

Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, stir together 1/3 cup sugar and gelatin. Stir in water let stand for 1 minute. Stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves.

Gradually stir into egg yolks, then stir back into saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until slightly thickened (do not boil). Pour mixture into a medium bowl.

Place bowl of gelatin mixture in a larger bowl which contains cold water and ice. Stir gelatin mixture until it mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Remove bowl from ice water. Stir in yogurt, coconut and pineapple flavors.

In a small mixer bowl at high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in 2 tablespoons sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into yogurt mixture until no white streaks remain. Spoon into cooled crust. Chill at least 2 hours or until set.

Garnish with coconut and, if desired, a strawberry.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 158
Calories from Fat: 62

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