Coconut Cranberry Macaroons
photo by jpagan29
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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24 cookies
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries, finely chopped
- 1 finely grated orange, zest of
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fine salt
- 3 cups shredded coconut (about 8 oz finely shredded)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line 2 baking sheets (cookie pans) with parchment.
- Whisk sugar, egg whites, cranberry, orange zest, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
- Toss coconut with egg mixture until completely coated.
- Moisten finger tips with water.
- Form about 1 heaping tablespoon of batter into pointed mounds or pyramids on prepared sheets (like little Christmas trees), space about 1 inch apart.
- Bake until edges are golden brown and entire macarron is nicely toasted and dry about 16-20 minutes.
- Transfer to rack to cool. Serve.
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Reviews
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I loooove these! They are definitely addictive! The orange zest is a nice touch. I am giving this 4 stars because they were a tad hard to make. One thing that helped me was to wet my hands before forming each pyramid (I was determined to make them in the original recipe shape- I guess you could always use a small ice cream scoop and make them more organic). They disappeared faster than I made them!!
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I'd give these five stars but to bake the cookies @ 350 degrees for 16 minutes they would burn. So, I baked them @ 325 degrees for 12 minutes then let set on baking sheet for 5 minutes, watching the baking process very carefully. I love the combination of orange, cranberries and coconut. A delicious and easy cookie recipe to prepare. I made sure to use unsulphured coconut. Lastly, I didn't shape the dough into rounds but placed a heaping tablespoon on a parchment lined baking sheet.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
greyghost
Poland, Ohio