Toasty Coconut Macaroons

[highlander_ii]

This is the recipe for the macaroons I passed around IRC this afternoon:

(shamelessly swiped from Alton Brown over on FoodNetwork.com


Toasty Coconut Macaroons

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Prep Time:
10 min
Inactive Prep Time:
0 min
Cook Time:
20 min

Level:
Easy

Serves:
about 40 cookies

Ingredients

* 4 large egg whites
* Pinch salt
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 (8-ounce) package sweetened shredded coconut, lightly toasted

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixer fitted with a whip attachment. whip egg whites and salt until they become white and begin to stiffen. Add sugar in 3 parts. Continue to whip until the egg whites are very stiff. Using a rubber spatula fold in toasted coconut.

On parchment lined cookie sheets, drop a teaspoon of the mixture leaving 1 to 2 inches around each cookie. Place into the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. The outside should be golden brown but the insides should still be moist.


Very simple to make. The hardest part, really, is toasting the coconut. Oh - and not eating all of them as they come out of the oven. *g*

Comments

[rainbow]

Oh my goodness -- there's nothing in them I can't eat! ::BEAM::

::adds to memories::

[highlander_ii]

Probably doesn't hurt that there's not a lot *in* them at all!

And they are soooo good!

[rainbow]

Well, yes... I'm allergic or intolerant of most foods. That's why I'm excited to see your recipe. Thank you for posting it!

[highlander_ii]

Awesome! Glad it works out for you! \o/

[the-afterlight.livejournal.com]

... Okay, so, I get pointed over this way and decide to check the site out with my LJ OpenID.

This is the first entry I look at.

I think I love this site already. ;) These look DELICIOUS. I mean, they're practically just coconut meringues -- egg whites and sugar and coconut, but they look SO EASY and they take no time at all. I am totally going to have to make a batch.

[highlander_ii]

They are fabulous! I made them yesterday and they are almost gone!