macaroons

These coconut macaroons are so easy to make, and the macaroons are quite delicious. These would be the perfect cookies to make for your kid’s surprise potluck at school.

2 Ingredient Coconut Macaroons

coconut

sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Mix coconut and sweetened condensed milk together in a large bowl; mixture will be dry. Allow mixture to sit for 5-10 minutes before scooping, and give it another stir.

Using a 1 tablespoon ice-cream scoop, scoop up level portions of the mixture and place them about 1 inch apart on parchment paper or Silpat lined baking sheets.

Bake for 10- 15 minutes or until outside begins to turn golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets until set and cooled a bit, about 5-10 minutes. Remove the macaroons to a cooking rack, or package them in a container with a tight-fitting lid.

When cooled, dip in melted chocolate if desired, and place on wax paper to set.

If you love the flavours of coconut, raspberry jam and dark chocolate, this macaroon traybake will be right up your street. It's a great bake for picnics or elevenses

Coconut & jam macaroon traybake

caster sugar

tsp vanilla extract

desiccated coconut

plain flour

raspberry jam

dark chocolate

Line a 20 x 30cm baking tin with baking parchment. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

Mix the sugar, egg whites, vanilla and a pinch of salt together in a bowl. Add the coconut and flour and stir until thoroughly combined &ndash; the mixture will be quite thick and sticky. Tip into the tin and gently spread out with a <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-best-spatulas">spatula</a>. Dot the jam over the top using a teaspoon, nestling it into the batter. Bake for 25-30 mins, until set and golden around the edges. Leave to cool completely&nbsp;in the tin.

Melt the chocolate in the <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/best-microwaves-test">microwave</a>, or in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove the cake from the tin, drizzle with chocolate and leave to set before cutting into squares. Will keep in an airtight container for up to a week.

Edd Kimber, champion of BBC's Great British Bake Off, shares his expert knowledge for baking picture-perfect macarons

Macarons

icing sugar

ground almonds

granulated sugar

½ tsp red food colouring (see tip)

double cream

dark chocolate, finely chopped

unsalted butter, room temperature

Place the icing sugar and ground almonds in the bowl of a food processor and pulse about 15 times until fully combined. Sieve this mixture into a large bowl, discarding any particles that stay in the sieve. Add the first batch of egg whites to the almond mixture, mix to form a thick paste and set aside.

Tip the second batch of egg whites into a spotlessly clean, heatproof bowl and have an electric whisk at the ready. Place 50ml water and the granulated sugar into a small saucepan on medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook until the syrup registers 110C, using a sugar thermometer, at which time start to beat the egg whites on high speed. Once the syrup is at 118C pour it slowly down the side of the mixer bowl, avoiding the moving whisk. Continue to whisk on high until the mixture has cooled slightly and you have a shiny peaked meringue mixture – the bowl should no longer be hot to the touch, but still warm. Add the colouring and whisk to combine.

Tip the meringue onto the almond mixture and gently fold together. It is important not to over-mix the batter – it should fall in a thick ribbon from the spatula. The ribbon should also fade back into the batter within about 30 secs – if it doesn’t, fold a few more times.

Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3-4. Line three baking sheets with baking parchment. Transfer the batter to a piping bag fitted with a large round nozzle. Hold the bag vertically to the tray, with the nozzle about 1cm from it. Pipe rounds about 2.5cm in diameter onto the prepared baking sheets. Leave to rest for 30 mins, or until the macarons have developed a skin.

Bake the macarons for 14 mins (this needs to be precise, so you could test a macaron first). Immediately slide the parchment onto the work surface and cool for a few minutes before gently peeling the macarons off the paper.

To make the filling, place the cream in a small saucepan and the chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring the cream just to the boil and pour over the chocolate. Leave to stand for a few mins, then stir to combine. Add the butter and stir until smooth, then leave to set until thickened. Place the chocolate mix into a clean piping bag with a smaller nozzle and pipe around the edge of half the macarons. Fill the centre with jam and sandwich with another macaron shell.

Once finished, the macarons will improve with an overnight rest in the fridge.

No Bake Chocolate Cookies (Peanut Free) are delicious chocolatey cookies with no baking required!

Chocolate Macaroons (No Bake Cookies without Peanut Butter)

¾ cups rolled oats

cocoa powder

sugar

butter

milk

vanilla

In a large bowl, combine rolled oats, coconut &amp; cocoa powder. Set aside.

In a saucepan, combine sugar, margarine and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Let boil for 2 minutes (no longer). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Pour oat mixture into the hot margarine mixture and stir until well mixed. Drop by spoonfuls onto a pan and let cool completely.

These spiced coconut macaroons are so amazing and easy to make! The kick from the spices is perfect against the sweetness of the coconut.&nbsp;

Spiced Coconut Macaroons

coconut extract

ginger

cinnamon

nutmeg

Combine the coconut, egg whites, granulated sugar, coconut extract, ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir it all together thoroughly into a uniform mixture. Put the bowl in the refrigerator to let the mixture chill for at least an hour. When the hour is up, pre-heat the oven to 325 and line two sheet trays with silicone mats or parchment paper. Use a 1.5 inch cookie scoop to scoop perfect little mounds of the dough onto the prepared trays, spacing them out about an inch apart. A dozen should fit on each tray. Bake them for 15-20 minutes, until the coconut starts to brown around the edges. The cookies should be springy to the touch but not mushy. Let them cool completely, then enjoy! They will also keep for days in an airtight container.

Anyway, this recipe is all about coconut, caramel and chocolate. Classic Samoa cookie flavors, but I turned them into cute little chocolate macaroon tarts.

Somoa Macaroon Tarts.

coconut crumbs

eggs

dark chocolate. chopped

unsalted butter

eggs egg

all-purpose flour flour

store-bought

coconut milk

chocolate

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Grease 18-20 cupcake tins with butter or oil.

If your coconut is shredded, add it to a food processor and process until you have ground coconut, measure out 3 cups.

Add the coconut, egg whites and sugar to a bowl. Mix until moistened and then press into the prepared baking cups. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the coconut is lightly golden and toasted.

While the coconut macaroons bake, prepare the filing. Place the chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat and stir until melted and smooth. Add the eggs, egg yolks and sugar to a separate bowl and whisk until pale yellow in color. Gently fold the flour and chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Spoon the chocolate filling into the macaroon crust, filling them to the top.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until just set on top.

Meanwhile get started on the caramel. Combine the caramels and cream in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth, this took about 10 minutes for me. Remove from the heat and stir in the shredded coconut.

Dip the tarts into the melted chocolate, place on a cookie sheet and allow the chocolate to harden, about 1 hour at room temp or 15 minutes in the freezer.

Once the chocolate is hard, place the coconut caramel on top of each tart. Drizzle each tart with remaining melted chocolate. Eat warm or cold*.

Soft and chewy with a fantastic sweet bite. Did I mention that they are gluten-free? Yes, and so easy to make.

Coconut and Sesame Seed Macaroons

egg whites (2 large range egg-whites)

.50 teaspoon cream of tartar (1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar)

superfine sugar (1/2 cup superfine sugar)

sesame seeds (1/4 cup sesam seeds)

almond flour (1/3 cup almond flour)

salt (pinch of salt)

vanilla extract (1 teaspoon vanilla extract)

unsweetened dried coconut (3 cups unsweetened dried coconut)

Preheat oven to 325F. Line one of two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Whisk the egg whites until frothy but no more. Add the cream of tartar and whisk again until soft peaks start to form. Whisking all the time add the superfine sugar slowly. Continue to whisk until the peaks hold their shape and the white are shiny.

Fold in the sesame seeds, almond flour, salt, vanilla extract and coconut. The mixture will be sticky but should hold its shape when clumped together.

Use your hands, or two teaspoons if you do not want to get too messy, form mounds and place them on the prepared sheet, spacing them well apart.&nbsp;Your mounds should be 2 inches in diameter.

Bake the macaroons in the oven for up to 18n minutes or start to turn golden. Keep an eye on them as they burn fast.  Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

Top 7 macaroons recipes from across the web

The most viewed macaroons recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 6,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engine

Top Tags

2 Ingredient Coconut Macaroons

Coconut & jam macaroon traybake

Macarons

Chocolate Macaroons (No Bake Cookie...

Spiced Coconut Macaroons

Somoa Macaroon Tarts.

Coconut and Sesame Seed Macaroons

Top 7 macaroons recipes from across the web

The most viewed macaroons recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 6,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engineic_arrow_forward_48px

Top Tags

2 Ingredient Coconut Macaroons

Coconut & jam macaroon traybake

Macarons

Chocolate Macaroons (No Bake Cookie...

Spiced Coconut Macaroons

Somoa Macaroon Tarts.

Coconut and Sesame Seed Macaroons

The most viewed macaroons recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 6,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engine