Category: Macaroon

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Coconut Macaroons with Sweetened Condensed Milk

  Recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/coconut-macaroons-recipe3/index.html     Ease of Baking: 4/10 (folding egg whites is very tricky; see below for advice) Taste: 5/10 (a decent macaroon, not quite spectacular, and the texture left something to be desired) After doing research on macaroons, I’ve learned there appears to be two standard ways to make macaroons; one with cane sugar … Continue reading Coconut Macaroons with Sweetened Condensed Milk

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Coconut Maple Macaroons

Recipe is a variation of the following: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-coconut-macaroons-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-186918 Ease of Baking: 9/10 (exceedingly easy; follow the recipe and you can’t mess up) Taste: 7/10 (not enough maple, texture was a little too chewy, but a tasty variation on the original) After a major success with the previous macaroon entry, I decided to make up my … Continue reading Coconut Maple Macaroons

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Simple coconut macaroons

Recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-coconut-macaroons-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-186918 Ease of Baking: 9/10 Taste: 7/10 For my first entry, I decided to do a simple macaroon recipe. Normally, I prefer a soft, chewy cookie, but in my mind macaroons should be crisper. Luckily for me, the suggestion to toast the coconut first really provided the crunch which I was hoping for. I … Continue reading Simple coconut macaroons