Pongaroons Macaroon Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE MACAROONS II

Steps:

• To Make Filling: Beat cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla until soft and smooth. Add coconut and nuts. Chill.
• To Make Dough: Beat butter until softened. Add half of flour. Then add 1 cup sugar, cocoa, egg, milk, and baking soda. Beat until combined. Work in the rest of the flour. Chill dough until firm enough to roll.
• Place dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper. With rolling pin roll dough in a rectangle 14 x 6 inches. Remove top sheet of waxed paper.
• Remove filling from refrigerator and shape into a roll 14 inches long. Place filling on top of dough. Start on one end and roll dough around filling (like rolling up a rug) . Moisten and pinch edges together. Cut roll in half. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for two days.
• Cut into 1/4 inch slices (using a very sharp knife or waxed dental floss). Put on greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on sheet for about 1 minute and then finish cooling on racks.

COOKIES AND CREAM MACARONS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy.
• Keep beating and slowly add sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Sift powdered sugar, cookie crumbs, almond flour, and cocoa powder over the egg whites.
• Fold the dry mixture into the egg whites completely, but make sure to not overmix or the macarons will not rise.
• Once the batter reaches a lava-like consistency, add the food coloring. Mix until just combined, without over mixing.
• Preheat oven to 285ºF (140ºC).
• Place the mixture into a piping bag or zip-top bag. Cut of the tip to pipe.
• Pipe 1½-inch (4 cm) dollops onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Tip: take a little batter to "glue" down the edges of the parchment paper so it stays put.
• Let the cookies rest at room temperature for 30 minutes to an hour, until they are no longer wet to the touch and a skin forms on top.
• While resting, make the filling by mixing the butter, powdered sugar, cookie cream filling, vanilla, and milk in a bowl until smooth.
• Transfer to a piping bag and set aside until ready to fill.
• When the cookies are dry to the touch, bake for 15-18 minutes until they have risen.
• Let rest for 10 minutes before filling.
• To fill, pipe about about a tablespoon of the buttercream onto one macaron and place another on top.
• Macarons are best kept refrigerated until serving.
• Enjoy!

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.

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 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.

PONGAROONS MACAROON COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix together the coconut, condensed milk, and almond extract, keeping the coconut as fluffy as possible.
• Whisk the egg whites and salt until soft peaks form.
• Fold the egg whites into coconut mixture.
• Using a soup spoon, scoop the macaroon batter into mounds or balls about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.
• Place about 1 inch apart on the parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• THE MACAROON BATTER SHOULD BE HANDLED VERY GENTLY.
• Do not squeeze the batter.
• If your fingers become sticky from sliding the batter off the spoon, dip them in cold water.
• Bake the macaroons until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Allow the macaroons to cool a bit before removing them, but don t let them sit too long or they will glue themselves to the parchment.

ALMOND MACAROON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside. Place almond paste, sugar, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat on medium speed until mixture looks crumbly, about 3 minutes. Add egg white and vanilla. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and thick, about 3 minutes more.
• Drop 12 even tablespoons of batter about 2 inches apart on lined baking sheet; place 2 almond slices on each mound of dough. Bake cookies, rotating baking sheet halfway through, until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool completely. Just before serving, lightly dust confectioners' sugar over cookies.