Best Ever Macaroons

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unbleached flour (at passover potato starch or matzo cake meal can be substitued in equal quantity for the flour)
• 3 cups unsweetened dried shredded coconut (if you can only find sweetened coconut, reduce the sugar in the recipe to 1/4 cup)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375f degrees.
• 2 beat egg whites until starting to expand but still soft.
• 3 add sugar, honey, and extracts.
• 4 beat at high speed until very stiff peaks form, about 8-10 minutes.
• 5 fold in flour and coconut by hand.
• 6 drop on well buttered baking sheets by heaping teaspoonfuls, or use a pastry bag with a#2 star tip.
• 7 bake at 375ºf for about 10 minutes or until golden.
• 8 variations------------------.
• 9 (a) for cocomacs, add 1 additional tablespoon of honey to egg .
• 10 then fold in 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa with the flour.
• 11 (b) dip the bottom of cooled macaroons in melted semisweet chocolate, drying upside down on a rack.
• 12 (c) sandwich two dipped macaroons together to make a "macwich".