I love macaroons, and love homemade versions seven more. J.P actually said they taste better than the Hail Merry Macaroons which is the most amazing compliment.
Give them a test drive and let me know what you think?
Coconut Macaroons
Yields: 36 balls
Ingredients
- 3 cups of shredded coconut
- 2 cups of additional shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup of shredded coconut for macaroon coating
- 1/2 cup of liquid sweetener like maple syrup, honey, coconut syrup, or agave
- 1 tsp of vanilla flavor
Method
- Place the 3 cups of shredded coconut in a high powered until you have a creamy coconut butter (recipe), if you don’t have shredded coconut, use 1 cup of store bought coconut butter.
- Put the coconut butter in a bowl with the rest of the 2 cups of shredded coconut, sweetener and vanilla flavor and mix together.
- Roll the coconut batter into balls and coat them with the 1/2 – 1 cup of additional shredded coconut.
Notes and Tips
- Oven version: Place the macaroons on a metal cookie sheet, and bake for about 20-25 minutes at 300F or until they are crispy on the outside.
- Dehydrator version: Place them on a dehydrator sheet, and dehydrate at 140 degrees for an 1 hour. Reduce the settings to 118 degrees and dehydrate for 2-3 hours or until they get crispy on the outside.
- I have tried both methods and like them both equally. I guess it depends how impatient you are and concerned you are with eating cooked foods.
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I LOVE coconut macaroons! I found you through Bloggymoms and I love your blog! I am totally the green gal in my family-I gifted reusable grocery bags to family member’s for Christmas this year who had NEVER used a usable bag. I cringe at the amount of plastic bags they tossed out.
Awwww, thank you so much! I am the only greenie in my family as well. It can be a challenge, but it is part of who I am!
Okay you have me drooling now..seriously, there’s a puddle of drool on the floor! These sound absolutely wonderful. My weakness is anything with coconut…you’ve made my day!
I would like to invite you to share this link over at my blog hop, Get Real Frugal Friday, it’s something I think my readers would really enjoy! http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/18/get-real-frugal-friday-blog-hop-2/
I love macaroons, this recipoe looks great
Popping over from Claires blog hop x
They are very tasty.
Those look great! Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks Nicole.
Yum! I may have to make these for my bunco group tonight!
Brenna, they are so yummy and easy to make. Let me know if you like them!
I made coconut macaroons yesterday. I love them! Mine ended up being bars because the batter did not seem wet enough so I pressed them into an 8X8 pan. Delicious
Janet, I am so glad you like them.
Is coconut butter the same as coconut oil?
Sarah, coconut oil and coconut butter are not the something. They can be interchangeable in some recipes, but not this one. Coconut oil is exactly that coconut oil, and coconut butter is basically pureed coconut. Think of peanut butter or any nut or seed utter. Here is a coconut butter recipe or you can buy your own. I find it expensive to buy considering it is so easy to make your own.
http://www.goodgirlgonegreen.com/recipes/chocolate-coconut-butter
Thanks! I had a feeling that was the case. I might give it a try—I LOVE macaroons! Thanks for the input!
I love love love coconut macaroons! Can’t wait to try this!
Let me know what you think, Charise!:)
Wonderful! I’d love to have you come share some of your projects at my link party that just went live!
http://www.dosmallthingswithlove.com/2013/01/an-oldie-but-goodie-link-party-2-and.html
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Nancy
Yummy love these
thanks for sharing with us at Creative Mondays 
Thanks again for sharing
featuring these this week on the hop 
I cannot tell you how much I love macaroons. Childhood favorite!! Thanks for sharing at Foodtastic Friday!
Wow, these looks and sound great. One more reason to save a few (million) pennies for a vitamix! Thanks for sharing on Healthy 2Day Wednesday.
Nom nom nom! We found you via Ginger Snap Crafts {wow me} Wednesday Linky Party. We are your newest Pinterest followers.
These are cute and sound so yummy! Hope you are feeling GREAT! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest!
Thanks for linking back to the Gluten Free Fridays post!
See you at the link up this week!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
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These look awesome! I can’t wait to try them! Thanks so much for linking up to Monday Funday! Hope to see you back this Sunday night! xoxo-Cheryl
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Oh my! I didn’t know you could MAKE your own coconut butter that way!
I am soooo pinning! These look fab!
hugs x
Crystelle
YUM YUM YUM!! Pinning, TOTALLY making, AND featuring as my favorite for this week’s Delicious Dish Tuesday!
Thanks so much for sharing!
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