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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Claire
I have never failed at anything like I failed at these. Maybe I just wasn’t meant to work with egg whites.
But yours look delicious!
Tricia
So after reading your instructions on how to impress a boy by baking my best friend and I made these for our Jewish friend. We sent him home with 13 for his roommates and later heard from the roommates that he ate them ALL. Within an hour. I’m going to say he was impressed. Thanks Joy we LOVE your blog!
Trilby
I made a half batch of these. Didn’t bother with the chocolate, just scarfed them all up. YUM!
Roberta
Joy,
This is how you get gum out of your favorite jeans. Take a piece of ice and rub it all over the gum until it is really hard. Then take a butter knife and most of it should come off. Any that is left, you rub with ice again and do the same thing. Another tip: to get gum out of hair, you use peanutbutter. (I have four daughters so I have learned a few tricks).
kristen
Joy I just turned 27 and I still do not consider myself an adult!!!
ahkon
tried it!
taste grrrrrrrrrrrrreaat!!! everyone loves it!
Marissa
first: the jeans: windex and lots of scrubbing! if that doesnt work, try plain vinegar. im not even kidding. there was gum on my seat at a movie theatre and i nearly died at the thought of losing my fave jeans until i did this and got the gum out!!
second: these cookies look delish!!!!! must. buy. coconut.
Jessica
Thanks for the recipe! I made them tonight and they are soooo delicious! I will never eat a store bought macaroon again.
Stephanie
One day the fitted sheet thing just clicked and now I can do it without even thinking. Don’t be in a hurry for it though… once it gets out that you know how, you will be owning that chore for the rest of your days! Like it’s impossible for more than one person in each household to hold the secret. I kid you not.
Rebecca
why would anyone want to feel 30 when they can’t feel 20 again? Age is nothing compared to how young you are at heart. You will age less quickly when you feel young… and eating these macaroons will help make you feel like a 16 year old again. Great combo.
Maggie
Oh my, chocolate & coconut is almost as heavenly a combo as chocolate & PB… love it!
PS I used to work in a bed & breakfast and folded many a fitted sheet in my day. However, at 27, I am still pretty dreadful at it. Ohh adulthood, you are so elusive sometimes!
Menollie
Don’t you worry! I just bungeed smack-dab into my middle-thirties last month and I’ve only known how to fold a fitted sheet since Christmas, LOL! I’m still working on the “adult” feeling, though… :)
I’ve never made macaroons because they only register a “Meh” on my yum scale, but yours look very good. AND you used an Alton recipe!! *swoonage* These go on the to-bake list.
Zavier
Yummmmyyy!!!
E
Argh I wish I had seen this post before our passover so that I could have made these for our dinner! I will definitely have to make these this week though, they look delicious!
I love the kosher chocolate with the cow on it – I don’t know if you have this type of chocolate in the US, but in Israel that brand also makes chocolate with popping candy in it! Chocolate + popping candy = awesome!
Silvia
I think I’ll never be a real grown up, but I like it, it’s kind of relaxing.
Lovely macaroons, I’ll try them!