I've only made coconut cream pie twice. as I recall, it called for 1/2 t coconut extract. don't know if yours will or won't but in case it does, trust me here, a very little (the 1/2 teaspoon called for) goes a very long way. Best of good fortune to you, hope you love your accomplishment! I did, hubby did 'more'.................<<<...loves coconut...about the applesauce, who knew? I didn't as my MIL has made it forever. But, I never watched her actually go through all the steps and believe me, so very much not worth the effort/straining/sieving/boiling/reducing/Cuisinart-ing. Blah blah blah, too much. <<And...........none left..........
Okay, now for the idea of a business including brother. A lady that used to come into a food bulletion board I frequented started out by asking us, the regulars, what our favo sandwiches were. <<(she wanted the ingredients too, btw). After getting a truckload of them, she did in fact open a sandwich shop in Georgia somewhere. I'd never heard of the city or the big city by her little city. She posted pix for the board to see and every once in a while, gave us updates. Long story short, she's opened two more. It was 'that' successful. I am sooooooooo jealous, but happy for anyone that ventures out in that direction<>one of your dreams.