Winter Fruit Macaroons

Name: Winter Fruit Macaroons
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 7 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk; 2-1/4 cups sweetened shredded coconut; 2-1/4 cups coarsely chopped dates; 1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts; 3/4 cup dried cherries; 3/4 cup dried cranberries; 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Coconut macaroons with sweetened condensed milk instead of egg whites are my version of a recipe my mom loved. All you do is mix, drop and bake. —Veronica Miller, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Ingredients

1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2-1/4 cups sweetened shredded coconut
2-1/4 cups coarsely chopped dates
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
3/4 cup dried cherries
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container. Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. Thaw before serving.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 86 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 2mg cholesterol, 18mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Winter Fruit Macaroons in Simple & Delicious December/January 2015

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tribefan56

Dec 6, 2014

I was really disappointed in these because the recipe looked so good. I mixed and measured everything exactly..... when I took the cookie tray out of the oven after 10 minutes, they were golden brown, but each cookie was sitting in a little puddle of milk. After 5 minutes of cooling, I could not scoop them off the tray with a spatula without making a gooey mess, they would not hold together. So I let them sit longer and still did not have any more success. I did use parchment paper on the trays. Maybe if I try them again I will use 3/4 of the milk called for.