My best friend got me Company's Coming Fondues for Giftmas, so of course the first thing I cook are the macaroons. It's a cool book--I'm more interested in the recipes for the dippers than for the 
fondues themselves, although the lemon and cherry fondues look crazy-good!
Anyway, the macaroons... The recipe's listed ingredients were two beaten egg whites, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar, two cups ground almonds, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla; I modified it with 1/4 cup cocoa powder and about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, because I'm ridiculous. Bake at 325 for 12 minutes (I should have for a bit longer--the recipe says make 3/4-inch balls, but I just did 1-inch-plus globs).
They turned out completely decadent. Like a cross between real macaroons and chocolate chip cookies.
Rating: A+++
Oh, P.S., I'm in Ottawa for the holidays. I traded the two-foot snowstorm in DC for the crazy icestorm in Ottawa. Awesome.
Hell Yes Chocolate Macaroons
OOOh, travel safely! My son is in Ottawa and was lamenting the frigid weather of the past several weeks when we spoke a couple of days ago. Now he says it's a skating rink. Not so awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe macaroons, on the other hand...hell yes, indeed. Or heaven in a cookie.
I fricken love those things!
ReplyDeleteThe ice storm was fun, Jodi. So was the subsequent snow. :-P I hope your son enjoys it there! It's almost my favourite city.
ReplyDeleteAerelonian, they're dangerous. So dangerous. I need to go buy a few pounds of almonds to make a few hundred more. I'm peckish right now.