Coconut macaroons
Oct 31, 1975 1:00pm- 40 mins cooking
- Makes 25 Item
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Ingredients
Coconut macaroons
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 tablespoon plain flour
- 1 1/2 cup (140g) coconut
- 6 glacé cherries, quartered
Method
Coconut macaroons
- 1Preheat oven to 150°C (130°C fan-forced). Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved after additions. Stir in essence, sifted flour and coconut in 2 batches.
- 2Line oven trays with baking paper. Drop level tablespoons of mixture onto trays about 5cm apart. Place a cherry quarter on top of each macaroon.
- 3Bake in oven about 40 minutes or until lightly browned; cool on trays.
Notes
Although almonds were the key ingredient in traditional macaroons, coconut quickly became an equally popular adaptation. Can be made a week ahead store in airtight container freeze suitable microwave not suitable.