Coconut Macaroons

Name: Coconut Macaroons
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 42
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 9 candied cherries, each cut into halves, if desired; 473 milliliters flaked coconut; 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 3 larges eggs; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons salt

Coconut Macaroons is a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian dessert. One serving contains 35 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 42. Head to the store and pick up cream of tartar, granulated sugar, coconut, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

About 30 minutes before making macaroons, place an egg separator over a small bowl. Crack each egg over the egg separator to separate the yolks from the whites. (Save egg yolks for another recipe.)

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Egg

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In a clean large bowl, place the egg whites, and let stand at room temperature up to 30 minutes.*

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Egg Whites

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Heat the oven to 300F. Line cookie sheets with a sheet of foil or cooking parchment paper.

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Aluminum Foil

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Add the cream of tartar and salt to the egg whites. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Beat in the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy--do not underbeat.

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Cream Of Tartar

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Sugar

Salt

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Pour into a medium bowl.

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Sprinkle the almond extract and coconut over egg white mixture. With a rubber spatula, cut down vertically through the batter, then slide the spatula across the bottom of the bowl and up the side, turning the batter over. Rotate the bowl a quarter turn, and repeat this down-across-up motion. Continue folding just until ingredients are blended.

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Almond Extract

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Coconut

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For each cookie, scoop a teaspoonful of dough, using a tableware spoon, and push it onto a lined cookie sheet with another spoon or rubber spatula, placing cookies 1 inch apart.

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Place 1 cherry piece on each cookie.

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Cherries

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or just until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheets 10 minutes, then remove cookies from foil to a cooling rack, using a turner. Cool cookie sheets 10 minutes between batches.

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