English Coconut Macaroons
I cannot quite believe that English macaroons are now deemed to be old-fashioned, and less sophisticated than their French namesakes. Who decided this?! Maybe it’s because they’re far easier to make than their French cousins? I certainly don’t agree with that statement.
Firstly, they make a perfect tea time treat. The outer is perfectly crispy with a moist, chewy, refreshing coconut inner. The drizzled dark chocolate is an amazing finishing touch and is fantastic combo.
Taste wise, these kind of taste like a Bounty chocolate/candy bar, or Mounds in the US but with a cookie-like textured outer shell. Or maybe even like an Almond-Joy candy bar since the English coconut macaroons have ground almonds in them too.
What do you think? I gave them a chance and now I’m hooked! They’re yumorrific!
English Coconut Macaroons Recipe
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Yield: 12-14 macaroons
Ingredients:
- 2 egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 140g caster/superfine sugar
- 200g shredded or desiccated coconut
- 50g dark/plain chocolate
- 25g ground almonds
- pinch of salt
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 170℃/340℉/Gas Mark 3 and line two baking trays with baking parchment.
- Whisk the egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks start to form. Add the sugar, about a tablespoon at a time, and whisk until the mixture is glossy. Using a metal spoon or a palette knife, gently fold in the coconut, ground almonds and salt.
- Using a small ice-cream scoop or two tablespoons, place neat, heaped dollops of the mixture on the prepared trays, spacing them at least 3-4 cm apart.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until dry and golden on the outside. Set the macaroons aside on their baking trays and allow to firm up for at least 10 minutes.
- Use a palette knife or cookie spatula to transfer the macaroons to a wire rack to cool completely.
- When ready to decorate, melt the chocolate and allow to cool for about 5 minutes, meanwhile place a sheet of greaseproof baking parchment under the wire rack.
- Spoon the chocolate into a piping bag and snip off the corner (you need just a tiny hole). Drizzle the chocolate over the macaroons. Leave to set.
Recipe Source:
“Biscuit” by Miranda Gore Browne.
I couldn’t quite believe just how easy these English coconut macaroons were to make and so incredibly delicious. Give them a try, you won’t regret it!
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Um, if these taste like Almond Joys, I am TOTALLY eating the entire plate. I don’t know why people would ever look past the English version of the macaroon because these are gorgeous! The chocolate drizzle on top is beyond pretty and you know me, anything coconut is inhaled without question in my book
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Dudeee, you will love these! I’ve never tasted a Almond-Joy or Mounds bar as we have Bounty here in the UK which is apparently the same as Mounds. But since they have a little ground almonds then it must be pretty darn similar. If you give them a try, let me know what you think. I think they’re pretty darn awesome and the entire family agreed!
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I’ve never heard of an English macaroon, these look so much better. I can’t wait to try them.Thanks for sharing!
I am in for for this version of macaroons, as it has my favorite ingredients coconut. I lived on bounty bars.
You made it very beautifully.
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Wow these look lovely nothing like my old Good Housekeeping version. I love coconut anyway but these would grace any table ( and my mouth of course ;-D )
WOW! Love this recipe. Now I’m craving something with coconut! ♥
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These look divine! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday
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Your macarons look so beautiful and the chocolate drizzle completes them
Yum!
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These English Coconut Macaroons are so dainty and packed in flavour. Looks super crunchy too. I could imagining myself sinking my teeth in them.. Lets just say I am happy camper from just staring that them
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Love these Lisa! They look SO pretty!
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I love pretty much anything coconut, and these caught my eye! Pretty and look delish!
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Oh that looks so tempting..
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These look so good. Who cares if some nobody deemed them old-fashioned; I like old-fashioned, anyway, and I’d love these with my tea. Yum!
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Your instructions say to fold in “ground almonds”, but they’re not listed in the ingredients???
Oh no, I’m so sorry. For some reason, I must’ve missed them off when typing up the recipe. I’ve fixed the recipe to include the ground almonds in now. Good catch. Thanks for letting me know.
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} recently posted…English Coconut Macaroons
Yay! Now I’ll be making these for sure
. Thanks so much.
So gorgeous! Featuring tonight at Mom On Timeout!
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I have yet to conquer the macaroon! These look so great! Beautiful photos too!
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I live in Hawaii and these look wonderful. Up until now, I’ve been buying them. Now I’ll make my own! Thank you!
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I am always game for the easier recipe version, and these look so good…especially with the chocolate drizzle!
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