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🍰 Crunchy Coconut Macaroons with Lime
35 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 organic lime
- 150 g shredded coconut
- 4 heaped tbsp flour
- 3 egg whites
- 1 pinch salt
- 150 g powdered sugar (from cane sugar)
- 50 baking wafers (40 mm Ø)
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the lime under hot water and dry it.
- 2. Finely grate the lime zest.
- 3. Mix the lime zest with the coconut flakes and flour in a bowl.
- 4. Squeeze the lime.
- 5. Measure out 1 teaspoon of lime juice.
- 6. Separate the eggs.
- 7. Use the egg yolks for another purpose.
- 8. Beat the egg whites, salt, and measured lime juice stiffly with the hand mixer.
- 9. Slowly pour the sugar into the egg white mixture.
- 10. Continue beating until a glossy and stiff egg white foam forms.
- 11. Gently fold the coconut-flour mixture evenly into the egg white foam.
- 12. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- 13. Place the wafer biscuits on the baking sheet.
- 14. Ensure the wafer biscuits are about 5 millimeters apart.
- 15. Fill the egg white foam into a piping bag with a large round tip.
- 16. Pipe the egg white foam onto the wafer biscuits.
- 17. Leave a small border of the wafer biscuit free around the edges.
- 18. Let the coconut macaroons dry at room temperature for 6 hours.
- 19. Preheat the oven.
- 20. Bake the macaroons at 175 degrees conventional heat (fan: 150 degrees, gas: level 2) on the 2nd rack from the bottom.
- 21. Bake them for 8 to 12 minutes until the surface browns very lightly.
- 22. Let the coconut macaroons cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 35
- Protein: 0 g · Fett/Fat: 2 g · Carbs: 4 g