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Easy Almond Coconut Macaroons
Super easy to make, these sweet treats have no flour, only a little sugar and taste amazing, the perfect tea time treat
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 100 g caster sugar
- 80 g flaked almonds roughly crushed
- 200 g desiccated coconut
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160C and line a baking sheet with parchment
- Whisk the egg whites in a dry grease free bowl till frothy
- add the lemon juice and continue whisking till you get soft peaks and the egg whites are shiny
- Carefully fold in the crushed flaked almonds, desiccated coconut, sugar, salt and vanilla extract
- Use an ice-cream scoop to make domes of the batter on your prepared baking tray
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes till just toasty on top
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely
- Melt the chocolate either in a microwave or in a bain marie (bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water) then dip the bases of the macaroons in the chocolate and drizzle more chocolate on top
Nutrition
Calories: 312kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 5gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 26mgPotassium: 275mgFiber: 6gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg
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