Favorite Macaroon Kisses Recipes

MACAROON KISSES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, orange juice and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in 3-2/3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle. , Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in remaining coconut. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. , Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.

FRENCH MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
• Whisk egg whites in a clean metal mixing bowl until thick, about 5 minutes; whisk the superfine sugar into the egg whites until thick, glossy, and the mixture holds stiff peaks, 5 to 8 more minutes. Place a sieve over the bowl containing egg whites and sieve both amounts of almond meal and confectioners' sugar into the egg white mixture. Gently fold the almond meal and confectioners' sugar into the egg whites, retaining as much air as possible.
• Separate the meringue into separate bowls to flavor and color, if desired. Spoon the meringue into a piping bag fitted with a 3/8-inch tip. Pipe 1-inch disks of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
• Let the cookies stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes to form a thin skin. Pick up the baking sheets and let drop from several inches above the work surface to adhere cookies to the baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are dry, about 15 minutes; let cool completely on the baking sheets before peeling off the parchment paper.

FAVORITE MACAROON KISSES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, extract and juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. , Shape into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining coconut. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately place a cherry or chocolate kiss on top of each cookie. Cool 5 minutes; remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

MACAROON KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Blend well, then add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat mixture well.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture and beat until well blended.
• Stir in 3 cups of the coconut; cover mixture and chill for 1 hour, or until firm to handle.
• Unwrap the kisses while chilling and heat oven to 350°.
• Form dough into 1-inch balls; roll them in remaining coconut.
• Place them on a ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned.
• Remove from the oven and quickly press a kiss into each center.
• Let cool 1 minute, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

COCONUT MACAROONS OR MACAROON KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheet with foil grease and flour foil.
• In bowl combine all ingredients and mix well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto baking sheet. Lightly flatten each wit ha spoon.
• Bake 15-17 minutes. Remove from pan (if you let them cool on pan they will stick).
• To make macaroon kisses Prepare as directed and press a solid milk chocolate candy piece in the center of each cookie while still hot.