Coconut Macaroons by Lisa Smith

This “dough” is really easy to make! And extremely delicious! I didn’t add any sugar to the recipe, since the milk and the coconut flakes were already sweetened.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 ½ cups sweetened coconut flakes
• ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Whole pecans

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and prepare cookie sheets (make sure to grease these well!!).
2. In a large bowl combine the condensed milk, almond extract and coconut flakes. Make sure that this is well mixed. Your “dough” should be pretty sticky, it shouldn’t be watery. If you can take a piece and roll it into a small ball, you’re good.
3. Continue rolling out balls, or just create small piles. Allow them to bake for about 12-15 minutes. Let them cool. Then take them off of the sheet.
4. Once they are completely cool, melt your chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Either dip your macaroon in the chocolate to cover it, or just drizzle the chocolate over top.
5. Finish off each cookie with a whole almond and enjoy!