Dec 9, 2010

Coconut & Cashew nut Macaroons



Coconut & Cashew nut Macaroons

Makes: 14 - 15
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time - 18 - 20 minutes

You will need

2 egg whites
A pinch of salt
1 cup powdered sugar
200 g grated coconut
1 tablespoon cashew nut, powdered
3 - 4 tablespoon all purpose flour ( maida )
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 teaspoon butter

Tip: All the ingredients should be at room temperature.

Method

Preheat oven at 400 * F or 200 * C ( moderately hot ).

Grease baking tray with 1 teaspoon butter.

Whisk egg whites with a pinch of salt till stiff.

Fold in powdered sugar, powdered cashew nut, all purpose flour, grated coconut and vanilla essence. This mixture should be a thick dropping batter.

Drop the macaroon mixture by the spoonfuls on the baking tray. Keeping a distance of 3 cm between the macaroons.

Bake at 18 - 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

Store in an airtight container.

5 comments:

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

looks good,yummy n amazing....deli--------------cious

R said...

they look so light and yummy! nice job!

Nataly said...

Very tasty!
Very beautiful happened!

Ms.Chitchat said...

Gorgeous looking macaroons, btw,u forgot to mention abt adding the flour, please edit.

Gayathri Kumar said...

Macaroons are so yummy!