Next up on the month-long countdown to Valentine’s Day: festive pink macaroons. These little coconut cookies look a bit unassuming. If you think coconut macaroons are just globs of shredded coconut held together with some stuff and taste plain like coconut, I have to say you’re wrong. As the coconut bakes in the oven, the edges get crispy and buttery. My macaroon recipe calls for almond extract, which makes these little chewy cookies with crispy edges taste like candy. A coconut truffle of sorts. Once dipped in white chocolate, they are not only delicious, they are festive for Valentine’s Day. I added one drop (seriously, just ONE) of red food coloring and they became a pretty pink. You can put them in a cute treat bag and tie them up with pink ribbon, and then give them to your sweetie. If you’re wise, you should choose a treat bag that holds only 4 cookies, and eat the remaining 2 cookies for yourself. Not that I speak from experience…
I shaped my cookies into little pyramids, but I’ve also made them round before. It’s up to you. Next time, I think I’ll make them flat to maximize the crispy brown cookie bottom edges. My coconutty Valetines, this one is for you.
The food coloring is optional–they’re pretty without it, too.
Quarter Sheet Pan
