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Chocolate Macaroons"Not that hard to make!"
These chocolate macaroons were my first macaroon adventure! Macaroons were one of my favorite Italian cookie recipes while I was growing up. When I was little I always thought these were a "hard" cookie to make. Might have been my mom didn't want me messing with it until I was out of her house. All to say this recipe was my first macaroon adventure as an adult in my own kitchen. And there is NOTHING hard about it. If you were looking for a different macaroon (like no chocolate, more traditional) - see my coconut macaroon cookies. And if this wasn't exactly what you were looking for check out my home page - Italian Dessert Recipes and scroll below to see the full list of cookie recipes I have on my site. Have fun. Eat a little sugar everyday and thanks for stopping by. Lisa Chocolate Macaroons* 2 cups almonds * 1 cup white sugar * 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 1/8 teaspoon salt * 1 egg * 1 egg white * 1/2 teaspoon almond extract * 3/4 cup melted chopped semisweet chocolate Directions * Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. * Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. (I use aluminum foil sprayed with Pam.) * Finely grind the almonds, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a food processor. * Mix egg white and egg with the almond extract. * In a bowl add the egg mixture and the almond mixture. Stir. * Add the melted chocolate to the bowl and mix together so that it holds. * Moisten hands or spray with Pam and roll into 1-inch balls. * Place on prepared cookie sheet (with your aluminum foil or parchment paper). * Press the balls and to 1/3-inch thick rounds. * Bake about 12 minutes. * If on aluminum foil gently peel back after 8 mins or so and transfer to wire rack. What else can I use instead of almonds?Nothing. That's what a macaroon is. It's an almond based cookie.
Is the almond extract overkill?Ya know, I wondered the same. BUT, I stuck with this recipe. I actually found it
on allrecipes and only modified the directions ever so slightly. And the flavor was nice.
Do the almonds need to be blanched?Nope, but it's OK if that's all you have.
Back to the top of this Chocolate Macaroons Other Italian Cookie recipes 
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Breakfast Cookie RecipeBrown Sugar Cookie Recipe Butterscotch Bars Cappuccino Cookies Caramel Cookie Recipe Cherry Chocolate Bars 
Chocolate Cookie BarsChewy Ginger Cookies Chocolate Raisin Cookies Chocolate Macaroons Chocolate Mint Cookies Coconut Macaroon Cookies 
Coffee BrowniesCornflake Cookies Date Cookies Date Bars Eggnog Cookie Recipe Florentine Cookies Gingerbread Cookies Recipe 
Homemade Granola RecipeItalian Fig Cookies Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe Kourabiedes Lemon Cookie Recipe Lemon Shortbread Recipe 
Meringue Cookie RecipeMint Brownie Recipe Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Orange Cookies Pizzelle Recipe Pumpkin Bars Ricotta Cheese Cookies Rum Ball Recipe Sesame Seed Cookies Sour Cream Cookies 
Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are:FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa
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