{"id":247,"date":"2012-01-11T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2012-01-11T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T23:40:00","slug":"coconut-macaroons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Macaroons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">Several months back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The friends came over. The recipe had five simple ingredients. The heat turned the egg white beating into an hour of arm-straining pain.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made macaroons, but these were special. We had great conversation and passed the bowl around when our arms got tired. Of course, it we didn&#8217;t strain for perfectly peaked egg whites while sitting in a lawn chair in 107 degree weather, I&#8217;m sure it would&#8217;ve gone by in 10 minutes flat.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Ina Garten&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ina-garten\/coconut-macaroons-recipe3\/index.html\">recipe<\/a> (Barefoot Contessa). It is awesome. I will not even dare change it, except I do like a little drizzled chocolate on top. Enjoy it. Forgive me that there is not one single photo or our creations&#8230;we devoured them much too quickly. Here&#8217;s one of Food &#038; Us&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z5IoQCACq5U\/Tw4dsaB5GZI\/AAAAAAAAA-Q\/OxTEeofBO4w\/s1600\/Screen+shot+2012-01-11+at+5.38.52+PM.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"252\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z5IoQCACq5U\/Tw4dsaB5GZI\/AAAAAAAAA-Q\/OxTEeofBO4w\/s320\/Screen+shot+2012-01-11+at+5.38.52+PM.png\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h1>Coconut Macaroons<span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ina-garten\/coconut-macaroons-recipe3\/index.html\">Ina Garten&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1><span>Ingredients<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>14 ounces sweetened shredded coconut<\/li>\n<li>14 ounces sweetened condensed milk<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodterms.com\/encyclopedia\/sweetened-condensed-milk\/index.html\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodterms.com\/encyclopedia\/extracts\/index.html\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 extra-large egg whites, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.<\/div>\n<p>Combine the coconut, condensed milk, and vanilla in a large bowl.  Whip the egg whites and salt on high speed in the bowl of an electric  mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until they make medium-firm  peaks. Carefully fold the egg whites into the coconut mixture.<br \/>Drop the batter onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper using a tablespoon. Bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown. Cool and serve.<\/p>\n<p>Eat, lovelies, eat! <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>~Laurel~<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several months back&#8230; The friends came over. The recipe had five simple ingredients. The heat turned the egg white beating into an hour of arm-straining pain. I&#8217;ve made macaroons, but these were special. We had great conversation and passed the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=247\"><em>Continue&nbsp;reading&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[87,76],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-coconut","tag-cookies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}