Golden Macaroons

Total Time: 1 hr 17 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flaked sweetened coconut (about 7 oz)
• 2 cups unsweetened finely shredded coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl combine flaked and shredded coconut until evenly mixed.
• 2 (flaked coconut should be broken into separate flakes with only a few very small clumps present).
• 3 in a medium mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, and salt.
• 4 add egg ehites, honey and vanilla.
• 5 whisk rapidly until smooth.
• 6 pour sugar and egg mixture over coconut mixture.
• 7 stir with a wooden spoon, then use hands and continue to blend until evenly mixed.
• 8 cover with plastic wrap; chill for 30 minutes.
• 9 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 10 line a large cookie sheet with baking parchment.
• 11 drop rounded tablespoons of macaroon batter onto the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• 12 gently pinch mounds into shaggy pyramids.
• 13 bake 17 to 19 minutes or until golden brown.
• 14 remove from oven.
• 15 transfer macaroons immediately to a cooling rack.