Coconut Macaroons

Submitted by Wendelina

"Simple recipe that makes soft drop macaroons"

 

• Ready In: 21mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 4 egg whites
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup flour, sifted
• 2 2⁄3 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped almonds
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped pecans

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Beat egg whites for 1 minute on high speed.
3. Add sugar and beat 1 minute.
4. Add almond extract and beat 1 minute.
5. Add in remaining ingredients and mix well.
6. Drop by teaspoonful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 11 minutes or until outside of cookie is golden brown.

Reviews

[GinaJohnson]

These are excellent! DH can't have any milk products, so the ones with condensed milk are not an option, but he LOVES macaroons. I whipped the egg whites to a meringue, adding the sugar and flavoring as it whipped up. You can space these fairly close together on the cookie sheets, as they don't spread much. I recommend baking as many as you can at one time because the batter starts to deflate if you wait. I also omitted the nuts, but I'm sure they'd be yummy! I had to increase baking time by about 5 minutes. INCREDIBLY good cookies!