Crunchy Macaroons Recipe

Crunchy Macaroons Recipe Crunchy Macaroons Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 4

These chewy little cookies have a nice coconut and almond flavor...and crisp rice cereal adds a little crunch. Our home economists whipped them up using only five ingredients.

This recipe is:

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Diabetic Friendly

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Crunchy Macaroons Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min.
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
  • 1-1/4 cups flaked coconut
  • 2 egg whites
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

  • In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. With damp fingers, shape into 1-1/2-in. mounds on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
  • Bake at 300° for 20-25 minutes or just until edges turn brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Analysis: 2 cookies equals 76 calories, 3 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 66 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Crunchy Macaroons in Light & Tasty June/July 2005, p55

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Reviewed on Mar. 21, 2010 by pickup2

These are the greatest for ole folks, too! Delicious, shall continue making them! pickup2

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2010 by tkarinas

These macaroons are so simple to make and taste so good, they're a keeper for sure. My family absolutely loves them and we'll be making this recipe many more times.

 
 

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