Coconut Macaroon Recipe

Make your ordinary coconut macaroon recipe special: make holiday dyed macaroons. One of the biggest things people always ask me to make is coconut macaroon kiss cookies, which I don't mind, but it gets boring after awhile.

So I opted to change things slightly to make things a little more festive. Here is the recipe:

• 1/3 c. butter
• 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp. orange juice
• 2 tsp. almond extract
• 1 1/4 c. unsifted flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 5 c. (14 oz.) flaked coconut
• 1 pkg. (about 54) Hershey kisses
• 1 pkg. food coloring dye (assortment of colors)

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture until well blended. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover dough and chill about one hour.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in remaining coconut and place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and press a kiss into center of each cookie. Allow to cool one minute. Carefully remove cookies and allow to cool until kiss is firm.

So what I would do is, when you roll the balls in the last of the coconut, take some food coloring, and with a brush, paint the outside of the coconut to match for the holidays. IE; Christmas=red and green, Valentines=red. This way it is festive yet still yummy.

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