Heidi Vukov’s Coconut Macaroons

This recipe is reprinted, with permission, from Heidi Vukov’s new cookbook, Bonjour Y’all

It’s one of her mother’s traditional Christmas cookies. Makes 3 Dozen

Ingredients

½ cup egg whites (about four eggs)

2 cups sugar

1 ½ cups chopped almonds

3 ½ cups sweetened shredded coconut

1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

Pre heat oven to 300 degrees F

Prepare cookie sheet by coating with nonstick spray

Beat egg whites until foamy with electric mixer using whip attachment; Add sugar gradually.

Beat until stiff peaks form

Fold in all remaining ingredients

Scoop dough the size of a heaping teaspoon onto sheet each cookie about two inches apart from the other.

Bake 20 minutes