Best Coconut Macaroon With Apricot Preserves Recipes

FIRST-PLACE COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the coconut, sugar, flour and salt. Add egg whites and vanilla; mix well., Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

COCONUT-APRICOT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites, sugar, almond extract (if using), and salt until frothy. Add coconut and apricots; mix to combine.
• Using your hands, shape mixture into mounds, each equal to 2 level tablespoons; place 1/2 inch apart on prepared baking sheet (macaroons will not spread).
• Bake until lightly golden, 35 to 40 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through. Transfer macaroons to a wire rack to cool completely.

COCONUT-APRICOT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Arrange the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the sugar, apricots, vanilla, salt, egg whites and lemon zest in a large bowl. Add the coconut and toss until completely coated. Spoon heaping tablespoonsful of the dough onto the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch between each mound. Moisten your fingertips with water and shape each macaroon into a pointed mound or pyramid.
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the cookies are toasted and the edges are lightly browned, 16 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool. Store macaroons in an airtight container for up to a week.

COCONUT-APRICOT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat over to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. (I used foil but - I now know - parchment would have been better. : ).
• In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites, sugar, almond extract (if using), and salt until frothy. Add coconut and apricots; mix to combine.
• Using your hands, shape mixture into mounds, each equal to 2 level tablespoons; place 1/2" apart on prepared baking sheet (macaroons will not spread).
• Bake until lightly golden, 35 to 40 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through (I forgot this step). Transfer macaroons to a wire rack to cool completely (I didn't do this because they kinda stuck to the foil but peeled away nicely once cooled). Store in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 1 week (if they last that long - lol).
• Makes about 20 (I got 24).

COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg whites and salt until frothy, about 2 minutes. Add condensed milk and vanilla to egg-white mixture, and blend. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the coconut until well combined.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats (French nonstick baking mats). Using a teaspoon and your fingers, form macaroons into 1 1/4-inch mounds about 1 inch apart.
• Bake until macaroons are golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to a cooling rack. Remove the macaroons from pan when cool, and place in decorated boxes, or store in an airtight container for up to a week.

APRICOT COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Over mediun heat, in small sauce pan, cook apricots with the 1/2 cup water and 1 table spoon sugar until tender and there is about 1 tablespoon of liquid left. Cool slightly.
• Transfer to food processor with a steel blade. Add remaining 3/4 cup sugar, egg whites and 1/2 cup coconut; process until smooth.
• Transfer mixture to electric mixer and mix in remaining 4 cups coconut. Mixture should hold together when pinched.
• With hands or scoop make small mounds. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in 350 degree oven until tops are browned about 10 minutes.
• When cool dip bottoms in melted chocolate, Place cookie bottom side up to let chocolate dry, then turn cook right side up and pipe more chocolate on top.