Lime and Gin Coconut Macaroons (Grand Prize Winner)
Recipe: #10739
October 16, 2013
"This has got to be a very special recipe it won the Grand Prize in the latest "Taste of Home" Cookie contest Recipe by Milissa Kirkpatrick"
Original is 30 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (27.5 g)
- Calories 100.6
- Total Fat - 6 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.4 g
- Cholesterol - 1.7 mg
- Sodium - 48.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 8.3 g
- Protein - 1 g
- Calcium - 4.9 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven 350f
Step 2
Whisk together until blended the egg whites, sugar, gin, lime peel, salt and almond extract.
Step 3
In a large bowl toss the coconut with the flour, stir in the egg mixture.
Step 4
Grease baking sheets and drop by tablesponns 2 inches apart.
Step 5
Bake 15-18 minutes or until tops are lightly browned
Step 6
Remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely
Step 7
Dip bottoms of the macaroons into the melted chocolate, allow excess to drip off. Place on wax paper, Let stand until set
Step 8
Store in air tight container
Tips
No special items needed.