Macaroons

My sister and I love macaroons; we fell in love with them when we bought a box at Whole Foods. I wanted to try to make them so found a recipe from AllRecipes.com. The smell of coconut is intoxicating!

4 egg whites
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flaked coconut

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour cookie sheet. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites, vanilla, almond, and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar and whip until stiff. Toss together flour, salt, and coconut in a separate bowl; fold into egg whites. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 18 - 20 minutes or until golden. Allow cookies to cool.

The first time I made these I noticed it was too wet and when I baked them they did not come out as coconut mounds, more like a flatter cookie. Next time I added more coconut flakes until mixture was more coconut than mix so the shape held better.