At any time, one will find in our fridge a container full of dark chocolate dipped macaroons.
They are easy to make! Below is a cookie sheet lined with Parchment paper of relatively big macaroons. The batch I made later gave me about 40 smaller macaroons
and I was more pleased with them. They all fit on one large cookie sheet.
A close up after they had backed at 350 degres for 15 minutes or so...
And here they are on a plate after being dipped and set in the fridge to harden.
These are the ingredients....except I forgot the vanilla.
C H O C O L A T E D I P P E D M A C A R O O N S
THE RECIPE...I got it from this site
However, this is how I do it ..I made some good changes:
1. Just use the whole bag (14 oz.) of coconut (Baker's or Mounds or whatever brand you want)
2. Therefore, you will not use the entire can of sweetened condensed milk...leave about 1/3 inch in the bottom of the can. (It is such a pain to measure out sweetened condensed milk into a measuring cup..I just pour it from the can, and leave some in the can...since you are using the whole bag of coconut ( original recipe calls for 2 2/3 cup coconut and then you are left with some coconut in the bag. My method eliminates leftover coconut.
3. USE PARCHMENT. Even when I generously grease the pan, the cookies stick like crazy. Actually this is more of a candy than a cookie. We love coconut...it is so good for you and it keeps John "regular".
4. Don't drop the mounds onto the parchment lined cookie sheet....grease your hands with a bit of oil and make balls.
5. Bake longer than the recipe says...that way the cookie will not fall apart, but be nice and chew. let them get golden on the edge and then some.
6. I use dark chocolate chips ...just microwave them in a bowl. Turn microwave off every 20 second and stir until all are melted.
Here are the ingredients I use (also vanilla...forgot to put in picture. Good Luck! ~Joanie
Do store in refrigerator, otherwise the chocolate get whitish and crumbly because, well, I did not temper the chocolate...I need to learn how to do that!
