Macaroon Cookie Nests
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- 2 Hr.
- Bake:
- 13 Min.
- Prep:
- 25 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Beginner
- Yields:
- 30 cookies
Sweetened and chewy coconut flakes form a little bed for HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Eggs in this delicious Macaroon Cookie Nests recipe. Macaroon Cookie Nests make a great Easter dessert that's easy to make and decorate with the kids. Try getting even more festive by giving the coconut nests an Easter-grass tint with green food coloring. Celebrate Easter the best way you know how — with desserts! This Easy Easter Pie is not only simple to make, it's also absolutely delicious and a perfect treat to share with loved ones during the holiday.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 25 minutes
- Bake Time
- 13 minutes
- Cool Time
- 30 minutes
- Chill Time
- 30 minutes
Ingredients
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2 cupssweetened coconut flakes, divided
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green food color*
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1/3 cupbutter or margarine, softened
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2/3 cupsugar
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1-1/2 tspswater
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1egg
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1 cupall-purpose flour
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/4 tspbaking soda
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30CADBURY Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs Candy or HERSHEY'S Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Eggs
Step-By-Step Directions
1-3/4 inch muffin cup tin
muffin cups
mixing bowls
mixer
refrigerator
oven
wire rack
wooden spoon
Line 30 small muffin cups (1-3/4 inches in diameter) with paper or foil baking cups. Tint 1 cup coconut green following directions given below for Tinted Coconut; set aside.
Beat butter, sugar, water and vanilla in medium bowl until well blended. Add egg; beat well. Stir together flour, salt and baking soda. Gradually beat into butter mixture, beating well. Divide dough in half. Add several drops green food color to one half dough, blending until desired color is achieved. Refrigerate doughs about 30 minutes or until firm enough to handle.
Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 30 balls (about 1 inch). Roll green cookie balls in green tinted coconut and the remaining balls in the remaining untinted coconut; place in prepared muffin cups.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until cookie surface is set. Cookies will appear soft and moist. Do not over bake. Let cookies cool about 3 minutes; with end of buttered wooden spoon press indentation into surface of each cookie. Let cookies cool completely in pans on wire rack.
To serve cookie nests, place candy egg into indentation of each cookie.
Tinted Coconut: Combine 1/2 teaspoon water and few drops of food color in small bowl or small jar with cover or re-sealable plastic food storage bag. Add 1 cup coconut. Toss with fork or shake closed jar or plastic bag until coconut is evenly coated; store in airtight container.
*Note: Recipe can be made with all dough and coconut tinted green or all dough and coconut untinted.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 30 servingsServing size 1 cookie (23g)Amount per servingCalories100% Daily Value*Total Fat 5g 6%Saturated Fat 4g 20%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 15mg 5%Sodium 75mg 3%Total Carbohydrates 12g 4%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 8gIncludes 8g Added Sugar 16%Protein 1gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 8mg 0%Iron 0mg 0%Potassium 17mg 0%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
Nutrition information does not include recipe variations.
