Best Favorite Macaroon Kisses Recipes

MACAROON KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Blend well, then add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat mixture well.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture and beat until well blended.
• Stir in 3 cups of the coconut; cover mixture and chill for 1 hour, or until firm to handle.
• Unwrap the kisses while chilling and heat oven to 350°.
• Form dough into 1-inch balls; roll them in remaining coconut.
• Place them on a ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned.
• Remove from the oven and quickly press a kiss into each center.
• Let cool 1 minute, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE KISSED COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or grease well.
• 2. In a large bowl, mix together coconut, flour and salt.
• 3. Add vanilla and sweetened condensed milk. Batter will be stiff.
• 4. Drop onto cookie sheets by a tablespoon or 2 oz cookie scoop. Make sure they are rounded mounds of dough. You should have 24 cookies.
• 5. Bake 16 to 20 minutes until golden. Ovens may vary so keep an eye on them, they should be a rich golden brown when they are done.
• 6. Remove from the oven and gently press a candy kiss into the center of each cookie. Move to wire rack to cool.

COCONUT MACAROONS OR MACAROON KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheet with foil grease and flour foil.
• In bowl combine all ingredients and mix well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto baking sheet. Lightly flatten each wit ha spoon.
• Bake 15-17 minutes. Remove from pan (if you let them cool on pan they will stick).
• To make macaroon kisses Prepare as directed and press a solid milk chocolate candy piece in the center of each cookie while still hot.

HERSHEY'S KISSES MACAROON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed in large bowl until well blended. Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat well.
• 2. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour until firm enough to handle.
• 3. Meanwhile, remove wrappers from Hershey's Kisses. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 4. When chilled enough to handle, shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in remaining 2 cups coconut. Place on ungreased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 5. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press Hershey's Kiss into center of each cookie. Cool 1 minute. Carefully remove to wire rack and cool completely.

MACAROON KISS COOKIES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, vanilla and orange juice and beat till smooth. In 1 cup increments, mix flour in to the butter mixture. Add the 6 cups flaked coconut and beat to combine. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour. While dough is chilling, remove wrappers from the Kisses. Preheat oven to 350. One at a time, scoop dough into 1.5" balls (about the size of a large walnut, roll between your palms, then roll in the bowl of remaining coconut (4 cups). Arrange on an ungreased baking sheet, at least an inch apart (cookies will spread slightly). A standard cookie sheet should accommodate a dozen cookies at a time. Bake 12-14 minutes, until the cookies puff and are very lightly browned. Remove from oven. Immediately press one Kiss into each cookie. Return pan to oven and bake for an additional minute. Remove pan from oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes. With a thin spatula, gently move cookies on to a rack to finish cooling.

AIP COCONUT MACAROON KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Beat yolks and erythritol until foamy.
• Add in the sweet potato starch and keep on mixing well until creamy.
• Keeping on mixing, add in the vanilla extract, apple cider vinegar, orange juice and a pinch of stevia, baking soda and sodium bicarbonate.
• Add in the whites, mix well and lastly add in the coconut flour.
• When the batter is smooth and rather solid, transfer it into a pastry bag.
• Line a baking pan with parchment paper and squeeze out dollops of batter on the pan, swirling the pastry bag around so you can give it a circular shape.
• Sprinkle your AIP Coconut Macaroons with shredded coconut and bake for 18-20 minutes.
• When the AIP Coconut Macaroons are ready, take them out of the oven, place them on a griddle and let them cool down while you prepare the Prune Chocolate Filling.
• Blend the dried prunes together with the coconut milk until creamy.
• Melt the dark chocolate over very low heat. When melted, add in the blended prunes and mix well until smooth.
• Scoop a teaspoon of Prune & Chocolate Filling on the bottom of one of the AIP Macaroons and sandwich another one on top. Continue until finished and enjoy your amazing grain free dessert!