Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate drizzle

Recipe No: 285

Ingredients                                              Makes 12

• Sweetened Coconut….............6 oz/ 155 grams/ 2 ¼ Cups
• All Purpose Flour………...........1/3 Cup (Maida)
• Sweetened Condensed Milk…7 oz/ ½ Cup and 2 Tablespoons/ ½ of a 396 Gram tin
• Vanilla Essence…………………..1/4 Teaspoon
• Pinch of Salt
• Semisweet Chocolate Chips….1/2 Cup

Method of Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 325˚F/160˚C.
2. Mix together Coconut, Flour, Condensed Milk, Salt and Vanilla Essence well.
3. Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop the mixture onto a greased, parchment paper lined baking tray. (I used a medium sized Ice cream scoop to make 12 scoops.)
4. Place it in the middle of a preheated oven and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or till the top of the Macaroons become light brown here and there. (The time to bake depends on the size of the scoops; so adjust it accordingly.)
5. Let it cool completely on the baking tray itself.

6. In a double boiler on low flame, (A dish with the Chocolate placed on top of a deep pot of simmering Water, taking care to avoid Water from coming in contact with the dish with the Chocolate.) melt Chocolate until smooth.
7. Dip the bottom of the Macaroons in the melted Chocolate and place them on a parchment paper and press slightly so that the Chocolate spreads evenly. Repeat this with all the macaroons.
8. Scrape all the remaining Chocolate into a small zip lock bag and make a hole on one end.
9. Squeeze the Chocolate and drizzle it onto the Macaroons to make pretty patterns.
10. Let it cool completely (so that the Chocolate hardens) and serve at room temperature. Store the left over in air tight containers. 

Notes:

• Almond extract can be used instead of Vanilla Essence.
• The dish to melt the Chocolate should be absolutely dry or the Chocolate will separate. (It becomes a thick mass that won’t melt; if it happens, do start with a fresh batch of Chocolate.)

 




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