Oatmeal Macaroons

Submitted by Molly53

"A delicious little post-WWII recipe. From the Mississippi Valley chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1⁄4 cup coconut
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease cookie sheet.
2. Add salt to egg white and beat to stiff peaks; add sugar gradually, beating constantly.
3. Fold in oats, coconut and vanilla, mixing well.
4. Drop from the tip of a teaspoon onto prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes.