Coconut Macaroons
While scanning recipes from my grandmother's kitchen, I found a handwritten recipe for Coconut Macaroons. I'm ALWAYS on the look out for a better macaroon recipe. This one is really a meringue and I regret nothing.
Coconut Macaroons (really meringues)
2 egg whites
dash of salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups rice flakes cereal (e.g. Special K)
1/2 cup coconut flakes
Preheat oven to 325°F. Separate the eggs. Discard or set aside the yolks for another recipe. Beat the egg whites with dash of salt until stiff. Beat in the sugar, slowly. Add the vanilla just before the last spoon or two of sugar. Combine the coconut & cereal. Fold in the coconut-cereal mixture. Drop onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet by the table spoon full. Bake 17 to 22 minutes at 325° F. You want to see cracks in the cookies; but not overly browned in color. Cool until set (about 5 minutes).
2 cups rice flakes cereal (e.g. Special K)
1/2 cup coconut flakes
Preheat oven to 325°F. Separate the eggs. Discard or set aside the yolks for another recipe. Beat the egg whites with dash of salt until stiff. Beat in the sugar, slowly. Add the vanilla just before the last spoon or two of sugar. Combine the coconut & cereal. Fold in the coconut-cereal mixture. Drop onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet by the table spoon full. Bake 17 to 22 minutes at 325° F. You want to see cracks in the cookies; but not overly browned in color. Cool until set (about 5 minutes).
Yield: 18-24 cookies.
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