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Salted Chocolate Chip Macaroons

Salted Chocolate Chip Macaroons

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Almond Macaroons
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    WinnieAb's Notes: I like baking with almond flour- it's pretty versatile and quite healthy. These don't contain any eggs or egg whites, so they don't have the light texture that macaroons usually do; they are...

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Serves about 25 small cookies

1 cup brown sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup milk Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Ask a question about this ingredient

3.5 cups ground almond meal/almond flour Ask a question about this ingredient

.5 cups shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened, your choice) Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli 60% cacao bittersweet) Ask a question about this ingredient

Fleur de sel- for sprinkling the tops Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F.

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  2. In a small pot on the stove, heat brown sugar, butter and milk over low heat. Stir so that all the ingredients are liquid and are well mixed. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.

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  3. In a large bowl, mix the almond meal and the coconut. Add the liquid ingredients and mix well to combine. Stir in the chocolate chips.

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  4. Form small round cookies (you should have about 25) and place on parchment lines cookie sheet(s). Flatten slightly, and sprinkle the top of each cookie with a little fleur de sel.

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  5. Bake for about 15 minutes...make sure to watch so the bottoms don't brown too much.

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11 Comments on Salted Chocolate Chip Macaroons

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We just made these and the taste is fantastic! The texture is definitely off though. They didn't cook at all at 300 degrees and are still too soft to pick up, this is even after an extra 6-7 minutes in the oven. We used the Trader Joe's Almond Meal and coconut powder (did not have shredded). We're going to let them sit overnight and see if they stiffen up, if not I'm going to cook them at a higher temperature next time and see what happens.

Winnie100 Reply

Hmm...this is an older recipe of mine I haven't made in some time, so I don't know what's off. I did use whole almond meal (from ground almonds), not blanched almond flour so I wonder if that's why they didn't cook properly. Definitely increase the baking temp a bit and maybe add a little extra almond flour next time, too...

Dsc_0382 Reply

these are delicious so I will try again with whole meal and see what happens. I bet that's it. Will share with a gluten free friend, too.

Dsc_0382 Reply

Made them this year with the darker almond meal and they look just like yours! Mystery solved!

Dsc_0382 Reply

Made these this morning and they're delicious. However, mine look nothing like your picture. Mine actually flattened themselves out totally and look like chocolate chip cookies. Which is actually fine as a chocolate chip cookie with no flour is a great thing, but I'm wondering where I might have veered from the recipe. Also, do you use the blanched almond meal? I usually use Trader Joe's which is darker and clearly made from almonds with skins. but I ran out and bought some Red Mill blanched almond meal/flour. Thanks!

Winnie100 Reply

I didn't use blanched almond meal, so maybe that's why yours spread out...I used whole almond meal, which I think allows them to retain their shape better. I'm glad they still tasted good though!

Winnie100 Reply

Thanks everyone! You can literally throw them together in minutes and you don't need to drag out the stand mixer..a big plus as far as I'm concerned.

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

Your cookies look fantastic! After three tries, I fold and will try again- not this round, though...

Dsc_0019_2 Reply

These look awesome, I also agree that almond flour is nice to bake with.

Dsc_0382 Reply

Just the thing for Passover next week. Look forward to making these!

Lobster_001 Reply

This is making me hungry! They look delicious!

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