Chocolate and Coconut Macaroons
- 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 4 oz. sweet baking chocolate
- 2 lg. egg whites
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 2 cans (3-1/2 oz. each) flaked coconut
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Melt together in the top of a double boiler, over hot water, the unsweetened chocolate and sweet cooking chocolate.
- Stir until smooth; remove from heat and cool.
- Beat the egg whites with a rotary beater until stiff.
- Gradually beat in sugar.
- Add the cooled chocolate mixture and continure beating until well mixed.
- Fold in flaked coconut.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well buttered baking sheets, making about 30 cookies.
- Bake in preheated 325F oven until stiff on the outside but still a little soft on inside, about 16 minutes.
- Remove from oven and loosen with a spatula.
- Remove from pan when cookies are completely cooled.
unsweetened chocolate, sweet baking chocolate, egg whites, sugar, salt, coconut, vanilla extract
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1620 (may not work)