Nov 14, 2012

Kokosmakronen (Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons)

The recipe for these Christmas cookies comes from the bakery Rischart in Munich. This recipe first appeared in our December 2012 issue along with Todd Coleman's story Bavarian Dream.

Credit: Todd Coleman

MAKES ABOUT 16 COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

½ cup sugar
¼ cup heavy cream
4 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
3 tbsp. flour
½ tsp. vanilla extract
½ tsp. kosher salt
2 egg whites, plus 1 whole egg
2 cups unsweetened, dessicated coconut
4 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350°. Whisk together sugar, cream, butter, flour, vanilla, salt, egg whites, and egg in a bowl until smooth; stir in coconut. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a ¾" fluted tip; pipe 1½"-wide mounds on parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spaced 2" apart. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes; cool. Dip bottom of each cookie in chocolate; chill until chocolate sets.

NOTE: This recipe has been adjusted from the version that ran in the print edition of SAVEUR. The yield has been decreased, and the quantity of flour has been increased.

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #152

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Ratings & Reviews (6)

by 1CUP on 2012-12-06

The ratio was wrong--very runny, soupy batter. Added more coconut and let it sit for a bit to thicken up. Good taste but still got wafers rather than tall cookies as shown. This was the second cookie recipe I tried from this article and neither worked as written.

by TOMGO on 2012-12-13

Ratio or procedure was in error - very loose dough. Added more coconut and flour just to get the dough to pipe and reasonably hold shape. Still got wafers. Maybe the egg whites needed to be stiff peaks and folded in to batter -- ??. Didn't try that since my guests were arriving in a short time. In any case, I srizzled the melted chocolate on the wafers and the guests loved the cookies.

by YINMEISTEWART on 2012-12-14

Mine came out just right, not soupy at all! Easiest and best coconut macaroons!

by MCO FOODIE on 2012-12-14

1CUP and TOMGO are exactly right. There is something wrong with the ratios. I also ended up with wafers but at least they tasted ok. Disappointment #2 from this article.

by YINMEISTEWART on 2012-12-16

Ok, I've made this twice now (I even doubled the recipe the 2nd time). Both times came out perfect. I don't know what I did differently than the rest of you. Instead of using a piping bag, I used a small ice cream scoop instead. (because I was lazy)

by LLASSER on 2012-12-27

I agree with the other reviewers as to ratio. There is too much liquid in this recipe and not enough coconut, but they tasted good. Next time, I may omit the heavy cream and cut back on the butter by at least 1 tb. I also added dates and walnuts second time i made these, but be sure to chop them fine if you're piping the cookies.

The bavarian dream episode was a real bust as to recipes - no one tested them. see my reviews (and fix) for the lebkuchen recipe in that episode, I got it working great.

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