Macaroon Kisses 2007
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
48 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 5 cups flaked coconut, divided
- maraschino cherries or chocolate Hershey chocolate kiss
directions
- In a mixing bowl cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar, until light and fluffy.
- Combine in egg yolk, extract, and juice.
- Combine in the flour, powder, and salt, creaming and blending well.
- Add in 3 cups of the coconut.
- Cover and chill for one hour.
- Shape into 1 inch balls.
- Roll into the remaining coconut and place on parchment lined cookie sheets.
- Bake in a preheated 300 degree oven, for 10 to 12 minutes or until just lightly golden.
- Remove and place a cherry or chocolate kiss on top of each.
- Cool 5 minutes, then remove from pan to a wire rack and cool completely.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
andypandy
Canada
Grandmother of two boys, great grandmother of one ...worked in hardware and construction for forty years, read all cookbooks, watch all cook shows on tv. like to cook all types of new recipes.