Easy Macaroons
This easy macaroon recipe is made with coconut, chocolate, almonds and condensed milk. It is a quick and easy dessert to throw together when the sweet tooth is calling.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- 200 mL condensed milk
- *(in this recipe we used dulce de leite condensed milk)
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- Pinch of salt
Garnish
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate
- 1 teaspoon oil (grapeseed)
- (Makes 12-16)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl stir together flour, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, almonds and salt.
- Mix in the condensed milk and stir with a strong wooden spoon.
- The mixture is thick, so use some muscle.
- Spoon even teaspoons onto parchment paper.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the set and the bottoms are golden and easy to lift off.
- In the meanwhile, chop and melt chocolate with oil.
- Let macaroons cool before drizzling chocolate on top.
- Enjoy warm or let cool.
- Store in an airtight container on the counter.
