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How to Make Coconut Macaroons

By eHow Food & Drink Editor
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These coconut cookies are nearly effortless to make and a cut above those sticky macaroons in a can. The recipe is kosher for Passover and makes 24 cookies.

From Quick Guide: Kosher Food
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Cookie Sheets
  • Cooling Racks
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Mixing Spoons
  • Oven Mitts
  • Oven Mitts
  • Cookie sheets
  • Oven mitts
  • Mixing bowls
  • Measuring cups
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 c. unsweetened dried coconuts
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1/2 c. sugars
  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. Step 2

    Line one or two medium cookie sheets with parchment paper.

  3. Step 3

    In a bowl, combine the coconut, sugar and nutmeg. Stir in the egg whites. Mix until thoroughly incorporated.

  4. Step 4

    Lightly wet your hands with water. Roll rounded teaspoons of dough between wet fingers and place them on a lined cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.

  5. Step 5

    Bake the macaroons, one cookie sheet at a time, to a light, toasty brown, about 25 minutes.

  6. Step 6

    Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

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on 11/22/2005 Put the mix into a cookie gun to make flourette shapes like the macaroons you get on the boardwalk!

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