Recipe No. 29 - Coconut Macaroons

At work we have a brand come in occasionally called Mrs Crimbles, who make Gluten Free products. My friend loves their Coconut Macaroons and as soon as we get some in he makes a beeline for them. At the weekend he completed a charity event called Tough Mudder in which he endured a 12 mile obstacle course to raise money for charity.
I promised to make him something nice as a treat for completing it so that is how I chose this recipe!

This is literally the simplest recipe ever! the only fiddly bit is trying to get the macaroons into a neat and tidy pyramid. This didnt happen to mine - they look more 'rustic' !!

The coconut milk, beaten egg white, and sweetened shredded coconut is mixed together and left for half an hour - thats literally it!



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After that time the mixture is formed into the pyramids that the book suggested, Now whoever did the ones in the book is an absolute genius..they are small and perfectly compact! Mine were more small piles of coconut in a roughly pointed shape!

These are then baked for 25 minutes until the peaks are firm and browned.
Once they've been left to cool melt the chocolate and then drizzle over the top. Finished!



These went down really well, they weren't overly sweet and were still moist in the middle - Perfect with a cup of tea! And ignoring the waiting time in between cooling, cooking, standing time, took no more than 35minutes to make!