Macaroon Sugar Cookies Recipes

CHERRY SUGAR COOKIE MACAROONS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Let cookie dough stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften.
• In medium bowl, break up cookie dough. Add nuts, cherries, coconut and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Shape rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 3 minutes. With back of teaspoon, make indentation in center of each cookie. Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves in each indentation. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store in covered container.

MACAROON COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Drop 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets., Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. With a spatula dipped in water, immediately remove to wire racks to cool.

MACAROON SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk together egg whites, sugar, and salt until frothy. Stir in coconut until moist. Drop teaspoon-size mounds onto parchment-lined baking sheets; flatten with a fork.
• Bake until golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Spread 1/2 teaspoon jam onto bottoms of half the cookies, then sandwich with remaining cookies. Filled cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

SUGAR COOKIE MACAROON SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, beat cookie mix, butter, coconut and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until soft dough forms. Shape dough into 48 (1-inch) balls. On cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart; flatten slightly.
• Bake 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool completely.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate and whipping cream uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir. Microwave 30 seconds longer, stirring every 15 seconds, until chocolate can be stirred smooth. For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press together. Let stand until chocolate is set.

MACARONS

Steps:

• Place egg whites into a metal mixing bowl and refrigerate overnight. The next day, bring egg whites to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 280 degrees F (138 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar and almond flour in a bowl. Beat the egg whites with salt in metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until foamy, about 1 minute; increase speed to high and gradually beat in superfine sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, until the egg whites are glossy and hold stiff peaks, 3 to 5 more minutes.
• Gently fold almond flour mixture into whipped egg whites until thoroughly incorporated; spoon meringue into a pastry big fitted with a 3/8-inch tip.
• Pipe 1-inch disks of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches of space between cookies. The batter will spread. Lift the baking sheets a few inches above the work surface and hit them lightly on the work surface several times to remove any air bubbles from the cookies. Let the cookies stand at room temperature until the shiny surfaces become dull and a thin skin forms, about 15 minutes.
• Place the baking sheets in the preheated oven and bake with the oven door open slightly until the macarons' surfaces are completely dry, about 15 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on a baking sheet before peeling parchment paper from the cookies.
• Spread half the cookies with any desired filling, top with remaining cookies to make sandwiches, and refrigerate at least 2 hours to overnight to let the cookies soften.

COCONUT MACAROONS - SUGAR FREE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325°F.
• In a food processor, pulverize the coconut. If you don't have a food processor, you can skip this step but the cookies will have a bit different of a texture.
• In mixing bowl beat egg whites, vanilla, and sweetener on medium until it makes peaks (tips stand straight up). A wisk attachment on your mixture will work wonders. If you beat it too hard or long you may break down the egg whites and not get it to peak. If this happens don't despair, as long as its frothy, it should work.
• By hand, gently fold in ground coconut and almond meal. Do not mix any more than necessary to wet your dry ingredients.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325°F for 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

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.

MACAROON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugars together.
• Add egg. Beat until egg is mixed in well.
• Add vanilla.
• Mix in instant potato flakes.
• Mix in baking soda, salt, and flour.
• Add coconut and nuts.
• Drop by the spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• You can use a sugared glass bottom to make cookies flat.
• Bake 6-8 minutes.