Apricot Coconut Macaroons

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups toasted shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped roughly
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 over mediun heat, in small sauce pan, cook apricots with the 1/2 cup water and 1 table spoon sugar until tender and there is about 1 tablespoon of liquid left. cool slightly.
• 2 transfer to food processor with a steel blade. add remaining 3/4 cup sugar, egg whites and 1/2 cup coconut; process until smooth.
• 3 transfer mixture to electric mixer and mix in remaining 4 cups coconut. mixture should hold together when pinched.
• 4 with hands or scoop make small mounds. place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. bake in 350 degree oven until tops are browned about 10 minutes.
• 5 when cool dip bottoms in melted chocolate, place cookie bottom side up to let chocolate dry, then turn cook right side up and pipe more chocolate on top.