I have happy childhood memories that revolve around coconut macaroons, summer vacations and gorging. A couple of weeks back I tried this macaroon recipe that works wonderfully.Here it is..
Ingredients:
- 2 egg whites
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 1 ½ C desiccated coconut
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch of salt
Method:
- Whisk eg whites with salt till stiff.
- Fold in sugar,coconut and essence with a spoon.
- Cover a baking tray with butter paper/aluminium foil.
- Place spoonfuls of the batter about 2” apart. You should get 16-20 macaroons.
- Bake at 180Deg.C for 20-25 mins.
- Cool and remove from tray.
Source: Nita Mehta’s Bakes and Cakes
Mandira’s notes: This is absolutely fabulous recipe. It takes literally 5 mins to have it all mixed up and baking in the oven. Highly recommended.:D Btw, its nice and coconutty. If you dont like coconut, skip this one..obviously!
Bakingbuddies 
I love coconut macroons and these look perfect and delicious.
This looks so good Mandira! I can almost smell the coconut here 🙂 Looks fantastic! The recipe looks so simple….have bookmarked to try it out.
Okay….one more thing. How many macaroons did u get with the above ingredients?
WIll definitely be trying this recipe. I adore macaroons.
@happy cook-these taste delicious too!
@HC- smells good na? try it and tell us how it turned out.
@HC-16-20.
@athisaya- please do!
mandy mandy mandy…is that bib / large towel ready yet? i can hardly see the alphabets on my keyboard…i think my eyes r drooling too! hugs for posting a quick-fix recipe!!! 😀
these are my favourie also.
Looks great mandira…maybe I can expect an eggless one please…:)
@crafty- hv sent across a bib…shud b reaching u soon!;)
@sushma- ditto!:D
@srivalli-i wish i knew how to do these without eggs..but u see, im a book-cook. i read, i follow. may be lakshmi can help..(lax, are you listening!?!)
Don’t think there can be an eggless version for this one – btw is it just me or does the font appear really small in this comment box (as I type that is, not after its been published)
nope…looks fine to me lax…while typing and after publishing both…
Mandira…the dessicated coconuts…are they sweet? Here I found only sweetened flakes or some such. Is it ok if I make these macaroons with that?
no its not sweet… its the regular nariyal ka bura that we get here.. i sure if u reduce the sugar quantity, u can make do with sweetened coconut..but u will have to use apporximation for how much sugar to reduce depending on how sweet ur coconut is…
You mean its that khopra ka powder kya? In marathi they call it khopra that is the dried cooconut. Let me check and see if I get that in the Indian store. Otherwise I’ll use the sweetened coconut itself. Thanks Mandira 🙂
yup..thats wat i used..
Tried this recipe and it turned out super 🙂 Mentioned on my blog too!
man i made this today and they were divine…
i am thinking of using this as in the blog bite copy cat event 😀 😀 😀
go right ahead Mon.. 🙂
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