Coconut macaroon, a quick and easy to bake coconut cookie. This macaroon recipe uses less than 5 ingredient, if you leave out the toppings. One of the easiest and yummiest cookie and they make wonderful gifts for the festive season.
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Macaroon Vs Macaron
A macaron is a French confection made from almond meringue, often colored to represent various flavors, such as red for red velvet or pink for strawberry. After baking, two macarons are paired and filled with a filling such as jam, curd, ganache, or buttercream, characterized by their smooth tops and ruffled edges.
A macaroon is a cookie made with shredded coconut, egg whites, sugar, and flavorings. Modern versions often use sweetened condensed milk and look like coconut mounds.
Since i bake eggless, today's recipe of coconut macaroon uses condensed milk for the hold. I have also used desiccated coconut in the recipe instead of shredded coconut, so it kind of has a smooth cookie like texture.
Coconut Macaroons
Coconut macaroons have been on my to-do list for a long time. As a food blogger, I constantly add to my overflowing favorites and bookmarks whenever I find a good recipe.
I was planning to bake some kid friendly recipes, for the festive season. Naturally I went to check my bookmarks folder to chose something simple and easy to make with kids .The recipe is so simple, even a kid can bake it. It is just mixing of ingredients and shaping it.
The original recipe used just coconut and condensed milk. I have added tutti-frutti to the dough and garnished it pistachios. The cookies have a crusty bottom and a soft chewy texture. This recipe gives a dozen cookies. You can double or halve the recipe according to the number of cookies needed.
Some Holiday Recipe Inspiration
If you are looking for some kid-friendly recipes, fun recipes that can be done with the kids you should check this Almond &coconut oreo balls. These chocolate nut clusters are another easy recipe that can be done by kids, with little adult supervision.
If you are regular visitor here, you know my love for ladoos. Here is a delish coconut milk powder ladoo, a perfect edible gift for this holiday season. These Chinese cocktail buns makes a delish breakfast recipe for the holidays. Check this pretty looking Kiwi strawberry coconut milk smoothie to add some color to your party table.
Why this Recipe Works?
- Simple and easily available ingredients, less than 4 , if you leave the nuts and tutti-frutti.
- Versatile recipe , you can chose any flavors of your choice. I have used vanilla here, you can be exotic and use rose water, orange blossom water etc.
- Easy recipe to bake with kids. Gather them around the kitchen table, mix ,shape, have fun.
- Doesn't need any fancy equipment. Dump everything in a bowl, I even shaped the cookie with my hands.
- Fun recipe and delish cookie to gift your friends and family this festive season.
Ingredients to Make Eggless Coconut Macaroons
- Coconut , I have used desiccated coconut. you can use sweetened shredded coconut for the recipe.
- Condensed milk : Adds mild sweetness and also holds the coconut to shape.
- Flavors : I have used vanilla extract, you can experiment with the flavors of your choice.
- Garnishes : i have used chopped pistachios, you can skip the nutty topping and go with chocolate or caramel drizzle.
- Additions : I have added a handful of tutti-frutti with the coconut, this is totally optional. You can also add some ground nuts or some chocolate chips to make it irresistible.
Eggless Coconut Macaroons | Easy Coconut Cookies
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Baking tray
- Convection oven
- Measuring spoons and cups
Ingredients
- 1 heaped cup of desiccated coconut
- 5 tablespoon condensed milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoon tutti-frutti
- 2 tablespoon chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C for 10 minutes.
- Take condensed milk in a wide bowl, add coconut, tutti-frutti, vanilla extract to it. Mix well with a spatula.
- Grease your hand with some butter/oil pinch ping-pong sized balls out of the cookie dough and flatten them into thick discs.
- Touch the top of the shaped cookies with some pistachios.
- Place the cookies on a parchment-laid baking tray and bake the cookies for about 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Once done, remove the cookies onto a wire tray. Let it cool completely. Store in an air-tight container.
- These cookies stay well on the counter for a week, if they stay that long. They also freeze well.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
Gayathri Kumar
These macaroons look so delicious Priya. Addition of tutti frutti and those pistachios on top makes it so colourful.
Sarita
Coconut macaroons looks so inviting! I'm a coconut lover.. will try this one soon.
Sharmila kingsly
Delicious bite of heaven..
vaishali sabnani
The macaroons look excellent , your pistachio garnish is making them very exotic .
Priya Suresh
Wow, those macaroons looks gorgeous with those pistachios, these cookies rocks Priya.
Srividhya
Wow eggless macaroons ah? amazing man. Love those cuties
Pavani
Interesting cookies with no flour. They look addictive.
Harini R
Very addictive cookies. Was wondering what this vanilla powder is. Never heard/used it.
Srivalli
Such a delicious bake Priya..those cookies are so good.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
That is such an interesting recipe and love the texture of the cookies Priya!