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Monday, November 26, 2012

Coconut Macaroon Trees

I was playing around with coconut macaroons again. This time, I gave the 400 grams of unsweetened coconut flakes a little pre-toast before mixing it with the 2 egg whites, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 290 millilitres of condensed milk, and zest of 1 lemon.

I think it worked out. The cookie dough was just right! Sticky enough to hold the coconut shreds together, but not soaking wet that puddles were forming after they were molded.

I even gave the dough a few drops of green food colouring. Then took out my tree cookie cutter for some holiday spirit.

I guess I could have used more green food colouring.

The one on the very right had no food colouring at all. I made that one just to compare. Still it wasn't green enough! I thought that the coconut flakes would help emulate the leaves of evergreen trees. What do you think? They almost look like rice krispie squares in the photo!

Drizzle some chocolate and decorate the trees with sprinkles for some holiday cheer! Yum, I love how these cookies are crispy and nice and chewy.

24 comments:

  1. Very very cute. I might need to steal this idea ;0)

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  2. Wow great idea. Can't wait to try this out myself. How creative!

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    1. Hi Katie, hope you got a chance to make some this holiday!

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  3. Hi!
    I recently discovered your blog and I like it a lot!
    Nice idea, and they look soooo cute.
    Greetings from Venezuela

    Ken

    ponkositos.blogspot.com

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