These delicious cherry-topped macaroons are SO QUICK and EASY TO MAKE and very addictive! They are sweet and chewy, and LOW CALORIE. They are not high in calories or sugar or carbs, if you can eat just one!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time13 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 38
Calories: 74
Ingredients
14ounces flaked coconut14-ounce bag
14 ouncescondensed milk1 14-ounce can
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
1 ½teaspoonsalmond extract
1/3cupflour
1cupmini chocolate chips
38Maraschino cherries
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350.
Grease or spray a baking sheet or use parchment paper.
With a mixer on medium speed, or by hand, mix the coconut, condensed milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, flour, and mini chocolate chips to form a smooth batter.
Use a tablespoonful of dough and roll it into a small ball.
Place the balls about an inch apart on the prepared cookie sheet.
Make an indent in the middle of each ball with your finger or the back of a wooden spoon then press in a maraschino cherry.
Bake at 350 for 11-13 minutes, or until they are slightly brown on top.
Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
9 Store the cookies covered at room temperature.
EXTRA TIP:
OMIT the almond flavoring if you do not like it.VARIATIONS: Omit the cherries, leave plain, or drizzle melted chocolate over the tops. Or dip the bottoms of the macaroon in melted chocolate. THEY LAST for up to two weeks covered at room temperature!FREEZE: Freeze them in freezer containers in single layers with parchment or waxed paper in between. You can freeze them up to 3 months.