Best 4 Coconut Macaroon Cookies Recipes

COCONUT MACAROON-FILLED CHOCOLATE COOKIES (BETTER THAN MOUNDS)

Steps:

• First, make the coconut macaroon filling:.
• With two racks in the middle of your oven, preheat the oven to 325.
• Spray two baking sheets or parchment paper with non-stick cooking spray.
• Beat egg whites and salt together until soft peaks form.
• Slowly add in sugar and beat until stiff, glossy peaks are present.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Add half the coconut and sprinkle with the flour.
• Add the rest of the coconut and gently fold into the egg white meringue.
• Using a 3/4 ounce scoop (almost 2 TBSP), drop onto baking sheets, spaced about 2 inches apart.
• Bake about 8-9 minutes, until just set. These will be under-baked and not brown at all. It's okay, because will be the filling and will finish baking inside the chocolate cookie.
• Now, it's time to make the chocolate cookie dough, while the macaroons are cooling:.
• Increase the oven temperature to 350.
• In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugars.
• Add the eggs, one at a time.
• Now add the vanilla.
• Blend in the cocoa, 1/2 cup at a time.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix in the flour mixture to the dough about a cup at a time, until well combined.
• Place fresh sheets of parchment paper (ungreased) on your cookie sheets.
• Using a 1 ounce scoop (2 Tablespoons), drop 6 mounds of dough onto each cookie sheet, spaced widely apart. These will be very big cookies.
• Spray the back of a teaspoon with non-stick cooking spray and use the back of that spoon to make a nest out of the dough for each macaroon.
• Set a macaroon on top of each chocolate cookie "nest".
• Place another 1 ounce scoop of chocolate cookie dough on top of the macaroon layer. Now there are three cookie layers.
• Spread and flatten the dough, so that the macaroon is completely covered.
• Bake in the upper half of the oven for 13 minutes. Cookies may look a little under-baked when you remove them from the oven, but they will set up and dry, as they cool.
• Immediately, slide the parchment paper with the hot cookies onto a cooling rack (otherwise, they will continue to bake and burn on the bottom). Cool for at least 5 minutes.

COCONUT MACAROON COOKIES (GIFT MIX IN A JAR)

Steps:

• Creating the Gift in a Jar:
• Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar.
• Layer the ingredients in the jar as listed above starting with the salt, flour, sugar and then the flaked coconut - make sure to press firmly with a flat bottomed object after each addition; make the layers as level as possible.
• Secure the lid and decorate as desired; attach the instructions for making these cookies found below.
• COCONUT MACAROON COOKIES GIFT TAG:.
• Additional ingredients to be added by the recipient: 4 egg whites and 1 tsp almond extract.
• COOKIE INSTRUCTIONS:
• Preheat oven to 325; grease and flour a baking sheet.
• Place the contents of the jar into a large bowl, and stir in the egg whites and almond extract until well blended.
• Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until the edges are light brown in color.
• Immediately transfer to wire racks and cool completely.
• Serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 1week.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COCONUT MACAROON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
• 2. In a large bowl, stir together the sweetened condensed milk, egg white, vanilla and salt until combined. Stir in the coconut until well blended.
• 3. Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheets. Form the cookies into loose haystacks with your fingertips, moistening your hands with water as necessary to prevent sticking.
• 4. Bake, one sheet at a time, until the cookies are light golden brown, 15 to 2o minutes.
• 5. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets until slightly set, about 2 minutes; remove to a wire rack with a wide metal spatula.
• 6. Once the cookies are cooled to room temperature (about 30 minutes), line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 7. Melt 8 ounces of the semi-sweet chocolate in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of almost-simmering water, stirring once or twice, until smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in the remaining 2 ounces chocolate until smooth.
• 8. Holding a macaroon by its pointed top, dip the bottom and ½ inch up the sides in the chocolate; scrape off the excess chocolate and place the macaroon on a prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining macaroons
• 9. Refrigerate the macaroons until the chocolate sets, about 15 minutes

COCONUT MACAROON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream Crisco, butter, sugars, vanilla until thoroughly blended; add eggs and mix well.
• 3. Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined; stir in the oats and coconut.
• 4. Drop by teaspoonful on a parchment lined or ungreased cookie sheet.
• 5. Bake about 11-13 minutes.
• 6. Remove the cookies from cookie sheet and cool on wire racks.