Recipe: Perfect Chocolate and Almond Macaroons

Chocolate and Almond Macaroons. Drop dough by lightly greased tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Press an almond into top of each cookie. If you are a chocolate lover, then you will love these, there much more interesting then plain macaroon cookies!

These aren't really macaroons per se. That's not to say they're not delicious! I bought a large chunk of dark chocolate and shaved that so that it melted more in the oven. You can cook Chocolate and Almond Macaroons using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate and Almond Macaroons

1. You need 3/4 cup of Sweetened condensed milk.
2. It's 1 packages of (14 oz.) Sweetened flaked coconut.
3. You need 1/4 tsp of Almond extract.
4. Prepare 1/8 tsp of Salt.
5. You need 24 of Whole unblanched almonds.
6. You need 1/2 cup of Dark chocolate morsels.

Then white chocolate came to mind - high fat, high protein and high sugar. Perhaps if I reduced the sugar in the recipe I could get the nutritional composition NO one whats to feel upset because YOU did something wrong with YOUR macaroons. The combination of white chocolate, almonds and coconut, give this macaroon recipe a flavor you'll never forget. The best part about these delicious treats.

Chocolate and Almond Macaroons instructions

1. Stir together first 4 ingredients. Drop dough by lightly greased tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Press an almond into top of each cookie..
2. Bake at 350° for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks to cool..
3. Microwave 1/2 cup chocolate morsels in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute and 15 seconds or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals and at end. Transfer to a 1 qt. zip-top plastic freezer bag; cut a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag. Pipe melted chocolate over cooled cookies by gently squeezing bag..

Macaroons are a delicious dessert that requires true skill to make. Chocolate and caramel are now my two favorite things. They used to be peanut butter and chocolate, but after having too much of that during Easter, I could use something a little bit creamier. (Redirected from Coconut macaroon). A macaroon (/mækəˈruːn/ mak-ə-ROON) is a small cake or cookie, typically made from ground almonds (the original main ingredient), coconut or other nuts (or even potato), with sugar and sometimes flavorings (e.g. honey, vanilla, spices), food coloring. These chewy macaroons call for two favorite flavors, chocolate and almonds.