Lemon Macaroons

Name: Lemon Macaroons
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters almond flour; 1 teaspoons cream of tartar; 5 egg whites; 1 lemon, zested; 591 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 vanilla bean, scraped

Lemon Macaroons might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe has 84 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 30. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 38 minutes. If you have almond flour, vanilla bean, egg whites, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

These cookies are light and fun to make. They can be a great fall or winter addition to some chocolate treats.

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Chocolate

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. In a medium bowl, sift together the powdered sugar and almond flour.

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Powdered Sugar

Almond Flour

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Bowl

Oven

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the 5 egg whites for 1 minute to combine.

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Egg Whites

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Stand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the cream of tartar and continue beating the whites on high speed until soft peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Cream Of Tartar

Add the scraped vanilla bean seeds and continue beating until it is fully incorporated and the whites are glossy, 2 to 3 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber spatula to gently fold in the lemon zest and the powdered sugar mixture.

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Powdered Sugar

Lemon Zest

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Spatula

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Bowl

Coat 1 or 2 large baking sheets with a layer of parchment paper. Spray the paper with a thin layer of nonstick spray. Put heaping teaspoonfuls of the batter about 2-inches apart on the tray(s). Take care to leave the space between each mound because this batter spreads as it bakes.

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Baking Sheet

Put the tray in the center of the oven and bake for 8 minutes, then raise the temperature to 375 degrees F and bake until the cookies are golden brown around the edges and form a nice shell-like exterior, about 10 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from the oven and allow them to cool for a few minutes before gingerly removing them from the tray with an offset spatula. Take care! They can stick to the paper.

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Offset Spatula