A few years back I was in my early twenties. I remember laughing… a lot. Everything was funny.
A handful of years ago I was in my mid twenties. That’s when I discovered what a pain in the butt tax time was when I could no longer claim myself as a college student.
These days I’m in my late twenties. I’m not complaining. No siree. I know how treacherous tax time is and I still find myself laughing my fool head of… often. Strangely… I still find it difficult to think of myself as an adult. The thought of adulthood is daunting, even here in late twentyville.
With this in mind, I’ve decided that I’ll be fully comfortable with adulthood when, and only when I:
-learn how to fold a fitted sheet.
-don’t run screaming at the sight of a spider or anything with wings and dangling legs.
and…
-can figure out how not to sit in gum while wearing my favorite jeans…. or at least figure out how to get the dang gum out.
While I figure out this adulthood madness, please enjoy some macaroons. I dipped them in chocolate. Kosher chocolate. I’m hardcore like that.
These macaroons were a request from a friend that is celebrating Passover. Coconut, sugar and chocolate? Yes… sometimes I take requests.
These magic coconut cookies are sweet, chewy and soft… like little chewy coconut clouds… the kind you want to shove into your face, four at a time, for dinner. I dipped these treats in kosher milk chocolate Kosher milk chocolate has cows stamped on it. Bonus.
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Chocolate Dipped Toasted Coconut Macaroons
recipe from Alton Brown
makes 32 to 40 cookies
4 large egg whites
pinch of salt
1/2 cup sugar
12 ounces sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
2 (3 ounce) kosher milk chocolate bars, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place coconut on a baking sheet, spread out evenly and place in the oven. Return to the oven every five minutes to stir the browning coconut. Once evenly browned, after about 15 minutes, remove the the oven and allow to cool.
In a mixer fitted with a whip attachment. whip egg whites and salt until they become white and begin to stiffen. Add sugar in 3 parts. Continue to whip until the egg whites are very stiff. Fold in toasted coconut.
On parchment lined cookie sheets, drop a teaspoon of the mixture leaving 1 to 2 inches around each cookie. Place into the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. The outside should be golden brown but the insides should still be moist.
Place chocolate chunks in a heatproof bowl. Place bowl over a pan of simmering water so that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the simmering water. Allow to melt. Stir until loose and creamy. Partially dip the macaroons in the chocolate then allow to cool and harden on a parchment lined sheet. You can place the pan of chocolate dipped cookies in the refrigerator to speed up the hardening process.
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jaclyn@todayslady
I definitely don’t feel my age!! I dont think I ever will and I like it that way!
Those macaroons look so yummy!!! I want them all!!!
Sook @ My Fabulous Recipes
Mmm I love coconut! These macaroons look fantastic!
Melanie
Yum! These look so good!
I still feel like I’m 16 most of the time, until I am reminded by new weird facial lines that keep creeping up..and it scares me!
Keri
Fitted sheets are a sworn enemy of mine. For the longest time, I just used two flat sheets. Grown-up, I shall never be!
Those cookies look amazing, and now I’ll go on a search for kosher chocolate just for the cows!
peachkins
These look amazing!
Katrina
I’ve never had anything like these before! They look amazing!
Miranda
I cannot wait to make this!!!!!!!
JeremyG
These look AMAZING! Lucky for me I had the opportunity to taste them, and yes, Joy-fans, they are as delicious as they look!! Perfect treat for Passover or any other time of the year for that matter!
Katie
Dang, going by those criteria I am so not a grownup!
BrandiLee
These look so delicious!! I’ll have to make them soon.
Not that I want to push you into adulthood any faster (I still feel like I’m about 16 most of the time and I’m pretty darn close to 23) but here is an easy trick for fitted sheets that my mother taught me:
Put all of the corners inside of each other and lay flat, two edges will be folded over with the corners, but you’ll have something that looks more like a square anyway!
Thank you for all of your baking inspiration!
Jenni
Oh man, this had me laughing today! I HATE creepy crawlies – and with a house over 100 years old, I’m happy to say I’ve seen about 2 spiders in the 3 years we’ve lived here – wonder why? Well, dear Watson, it’s because Centipedes EAT spiders! So while we don’t have spiders, we have Centipedes, which also have infinitely more legs! *shudder!* I’m such a pansy, anything with more than 4 legs freaks me out! And my three year old though I’d lost my dang mind this afternoon when we were out gardening, and a moth few down my top! Talk about freak-out session!
And folding a fitted sheet is over-rated ;) I don’t think anyone can *really* do it – as for the gum, ice and patience … and there was once a food detectives episode about gum in hair that used peanut butter to get it out *shrug* OR you could use it as an excuse to buy new jeans!
I love macaroons! I’ve seen a lot of coconut ones floating around lately that are white (like yours)I’m really going to have to try them! Our family had these no-bake drop cookies that were a chocolate batter and coconut that we called “macaroons” – you’re more than welcome to the recipe if you’d like ;)
Marianne
Shove your jeans in the freezer overnight and the gum will chip off in the morning. Yeah…I’m lazy like that.
Julianne
Not to push you into adulthood or anything, but hot vinegar and a toothbrush will get gum out. Weird, I know, but true.
Callie
THANK YOU! Why does it seem like all the food bloggers have chosen this week to write posts about pasta, muffins, noodle pudding… anything and everything I can’t eat right now. Thanks for posting something that’s Passover-kosher and doesn’t make me sad!
PeaSoup
omg, I adore macaroons! These are getting made asap:)