Macaroon Nest Cookies
Macaroon Nest Cookies are an easy sweet treat for Spring or Easter. Only 5 ingredients required, plus your candy eggs of choice to make chewy, coconut cookies that are naturally gluten-free.
Servings: 24 cookies
Equipment
- 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop
- parchment paper
- baking sheets
Ingredients
- 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 14 oz. sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup white baking chips melted, for drizzling
- 3 candy eggs or jelly beans per nest
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In large bowl, whisk together sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Fold in coconut.
- Using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, drop mound of coconut mixture onto prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Using a fork, tease apart each mound into roughly 2 1/2-inch “nest.”
- Bake, rotating baking sheets and swapping positions halfway through, until golden brown around edges, 14 to 16 minutes.
- Let cool on sheets 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
- Drizzle melted white chocolate onto cooled nests and add 3 candy eggs to each nest to let set.
- When set, store in airtight container until ready to serve.
Notes
- Ingredients that are naturally gluten-free, may come in contact with gluten during processing or packaging, like baking chips that are melted or candy eggs in this recipe. For those managing signs and symptoms of celiac disease and other medical conditions associated with gluten, it’s important to use only ingredients that are certified gluten-free, verified by the manufacturer.
- Follow directions on back of baking chips for melting. I used Nestle Premier White Morsels.
- Melting Directions:
- Microwave 1 cup morsels uncovered in microwave safe bowl on high power for 45 seconds; stir. If needed, heat at additional 10 – 15 second intervals, stirring vigorously after each interval until melted. Microwaves vary, melting times may need to be adjusted.
- Cookies will be slightly sticky so place in a single layer with parchment or wax paper separating layers rather than stacking cookies until ready to serve.