Macaroons

This delicious, chewy Cherry-topped Macaroon is a favorite of many people! It is so quick and easy to make with a few ingredients.

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 25

Calories: 120

Ingredients

1/3 cup all-purpose flour
14 ounces flaked coconut (14 - ounce bag)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
25 maraschino cherries

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°.
In a large bowl, mix everything together except the cherries.
Use a heaping tablespoonful of dough to drop onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets, then push a cherry into the center.
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes, until the edges of the macaroons are a little brown.
Immediately remove the macaroons to cool on a wire rack.
Store the macaroons in a covered container at room temperature.

EXTRA TIP:

CHERRIES: You can use candied cherries instead of maraschino cherries.

VARIATIONS: * Drizzle lines of melted chocolate over the tops of the cooled macaroons. * Or dip the tops in melted chocolate. * Or dip the bottoms of the cooled cookies in melted chocolate. * Add mini chocolate chips to the batter. * Leave them plain!

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.

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