Macaroons

YUMMY! I love macaroons, and when I found this recipe it reminded me of the ones my babysitter use to make for us when I was a kid. They were so good! So, when I found the recipe I was surprised at how simple and straightforward it was. They only took about 20-25 minutes to make.
These are the ingredients that you need. It's not a lot compared to other chocolate recipes I've tried, but like I said, it's really straightforward. For this recipe you need:
2 cups sugar6 tbsp. cocoa1/2 cup butter (I used margarine)1/2 cup milk1 tsp. vanilla1 cup shredded coconut3 cups instant rolled outsYields: approx. 3 dozen, depending on the size of the macaroons

I know, the images aren't the best (mainly because they're smaller and a bit more distorted than they were in photoshop), but it's ok : )

First, you want to combine the sugar, cocoa, butter, and milk in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. This took only a minute or two for me and I found that once it started bubbling it brought a lot of the stuff that I hadn't stirred in to the top (which let me mix it in more thoroughly).

Once it comes to a boil you want to add the coconut and oats. My mixture wasn't completely smooth, but it had a good enough consistency. Plus, they're macaroons; like anyone would notice a few lumps!

Stir in the oats and coconut and then drop them by teaspoon size onto wax paper (I used parchment paper, which seemed to work fine too) and let them cool. It's important to get all the mixture on the wax paper before it cools, because once that happens the mixture will get too crumbly and won't stick together. Actually, this happened to me, so I added approx. another 1/4 cup of margarine to the mixture.

One of the great things was that even though I may have added a little bit more margarine than needed the second time around, it didn't absorb it. Once I placed them on the parchment paper, the extra "oils" or "waters" from the margarine came out.

I love this recipe because, like I said, it reminded me a lot of my childhood. I find that one of the greatest things about baking is finding a recipe that you once loved but haven't tasted in years, and then tasting it again. It was like a time machine. OK, now I feel like some cheesy talk show host reminiscing about my youth, and I'm not even old.

For now, I shall leave you to enjoy this recipe for yourselves. I'll have an update quite soon, hopefully with another recipe attempt to go along with it!

TTYL