Toasting the coconut enhances its flavor. For information about making meringues in advance and storing them for a party, see the recipe for Chocolate, Coconut, and Almond Snowdrops.
in a global community where only ONE country EXCLUSIVELY uses Fahrenheit as a temperature measurement it would be nice to have that emphasised in a recipe so the right adjustment could be made..
Made these with a small substitution of almond extract for the coconut and added chopped chocolate. Fabulous! Now that I am in Christmas mode, going to try peppermint and a little red food color, and then maybe dip in chocolate.
This made fantastic cookies. I had always had trouble getting the meringue to stiffen quickly... this only took a few minutes. I changed the recipe as I do not like coconut. Instead, I substituted the coconut and vanilla extract with peppermint extract, eliminated the shaved coconut, and added 1/2 pkg of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Divine! I also lowered the oven temp slightly to make sure the cookies didn't brown.
these turned out great! i also made a batch with chocolate chips. YUM! very easy to make too. just wish they baked faster. :)
Yummy!!! I make these every December to give to our neighbors and every year I get requests for the recipe. I was always intimidated by the idea of meringues, but these are super easy to make.
