Coconut Cream Macaroons
3½ dozen cookies
Equipment
- Saucepan 1-quart
Ingrediënten
- 3 packages 7 oz each flaked coconut (7⅔ cups)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
- ⅔ cup canned cream of coconut not coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips about 6 oz, if desired
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil if desired
Instructies
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Line cookie sheets with foil or cooking parchment paper.
- Sprinkle 1 cup of the coconut on one cookie sheet.
- Bake 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown; cool.
- In large bowl, mix toasted coconut, remaining coconut, the flour and salt.
- In medium bowl, beat condensed milk, cream of coconut, vanilla, almond extract and egg until well mixed.
- Pour milk mixture over coconut mixture; stir until well mixed.
- Onto cookie sheets, drop mixture by heaping tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown (cookies will be soft in center and set at edges).
- Immediately slide foil with cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
- Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- In 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips and oil over low heat, stirring constantly, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
- Drizzle over cookies.
- Let stand about 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Festive Touch
For a richer, indulgent flavor, substitute dark chocolate chips for the semisweet chips.Nutritional Information
Calories: 130 kcal