Sunday, December 20, 2009
Recipe: Macaroon Cookies with Kisses
11:05 AM
Macaroon Cookies with Kisses
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp almost extract
2 tsp orange juice
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 cups sweetened coconut flakes, divided - 3 cups + 2 cups
48 Hersey Kisses
1. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed in large bowl until well blended. Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat well.
2. In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixer. Stir in 3 cups coconut.
3. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Meanwhile. remove wrappers from chocolates.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; roll in remaining 2 cups coconut. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press chocolate peice into center of each cookie. Cool 1 minute. Carefully remove to wire rack and cool completely.
Tips/Tricks/Notes
Note: This recipe can be done without the chocolate kisses to get just normal Macaroons.
Once you have added the kisses to the cookies, the kisses start to melt. Be VERY careful when moving the cookies off the cookie sheet as the kisses will deform. Also note, I kept these cookies in the fridge, but they are definitely better if eaten at room temperature due to the kiss getting very hard if the cookies are eaten directly from the fridge.
Separate yolk and egg white - this recipe calls for just an egg yolk and I had no idea how to go about doing it. This is a trick I learned from Kevin. There may be other tricks out there, but this is the one I know. Using a spoon or any utensil carefully make a small hole in the top of the egg - make sure the hole is small enough that the yolk will not come through! Once you have the hole, just tip the egg over and carefully shake it until no more egg white is coming out. Easy as that!
The picture seen above is an actual picture I took of my completed cookies, it is not taken from the internet or played with in anyway.
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp almost extract
2 tsp orange juice
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 cups sweetened coconut flakes, divided - 3 cups + 2 cups
48 Hersey Kisses
1. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed in large bowl until well blended. Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat well.
2. In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixer. Stir in 3 cups coconut.
3. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Meanwhile. remove wrappers from chocolates.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; roll in remaining 2 cups coconut. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press chocolate peice into center of each cookie. Cool 1 minute. Carefully remove to wire rack and cool completely.
Tips/Tricks/Notes
Note: This recipe can be done without the chocolate kisses to get just normal Macaroons.
Once you have added the kisses to the cookies, the kisses start to melt. Be VERY careful when moving the cookies off the cookie sheet as the kisses will deform. Also note, I kept these cookies in the fridge, but they are definitely better if eaten at room temperature due to the kiss getting very hard if the cookies are eaten directly from the fridge.
Separate yolk and egg white - this recipe calls for just an egg yolk and I had no idea how to go about doing it. This is a trick I learned from Kevin. There may be other tricks out there, but this is the one I know. Using a spoon or any utensil carefully make a small hole in the top of the egg - make sure the hole is small enough that the yolk will not come through! Once you have the hole, just tip the egg over and carefully shake it until no more egg white is coming out. Easy as that!
The picture seen above is an actual picture I took of my completed cookies, it is not taken from the internet or played with in anyway.
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