Christmas is 10 days away. Can you believe it? I can’t.
I haven’t bought one present. Not one. I haven’t even begun to think about presents. Is it really only 10 days away?
I haven’t bought a winter coat. In fact, it hasn’t been cold enough yet to wear a winter coat. How can it be only 10 days away?
And I haven’t bought a tree. No point in buying one now either. I do have a mini one (when I say mini, I mean tiny), but it sure doesn’t make it feel like Christmas is only 10 days away.
But when it comes to the food on Christmas day, I am prepared. I have been thinking about the Christmas menu since Thanksgiving! Each family has a different Christmas tradition, whereas on Thanksgiving most of us are eating turkey, ham and stuffing. What do we do on Christmas Day? Steaks baby, big juicy steaks!
Last Friday, Kyle and I catered a large Christmas party. We had four desserts on the menu, and one of those dessert was coconut macaroons. And not those huge mounds of mushy coconut some people make, but small bite sized pieces, with sweet chocolate chips in them. I served them with Maple Sugar Cookies, S’mores Brownies, and Lemon Bars. I made close to 160 of these macaroons and they hardly took any effort, or time!
Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons
yield: 40-48 depending on size
1 (14 oz) bag Sweetened Shredded Coconut
1 (14 oz) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tsp Salt
1 cup Chocolate Chips, semi sweet or milk chocolate
preheat oven to 350 degrees
1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (grease a baking sheet if you must).
3. Use a small spoon in your right hand (or your left), scoop out a small amount (a little bitter smaller than a tablespoon) and when placing on the baking sheet use your other hand to make a small dome.
4. Spread at least 1 inch apart from each other. Bake until the top of the macaroons start to brown. (My oven takes about 5 minutes, but I would test your first batch since my oven is a little crazy.)
These are so yummy and very addicting. They are small and bite sized, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. And perfect. Just perfect. The chocolate chips are optional, feel free to experiment or make plain coconut macaroons. Though I should add, there is nothing plain about them!
