Macaroon Nest Cookies

Are you looking for a festive dessert or sweet treat for Spring or Easter? These Macaroon Nest Cookies are sure to please everybunny

at your Easter table or for your next Spring gathering!

Coconut enthusiasts will love these chewy cookies that check a lot boxes:

•  Only 5 ingredients, plus your favorite candy eggs or jelly beans
•  One bowl, no mixer
•  They come together quickly, with 15 minutes of baking time
•  Naturally *gluten-free

*Ingredients that are naturally gluten-free, may come in contact with gluten during processing or packaging, like your melted baking chips 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.

Here are the ingredients you'll need:

• 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 cookie “nest”

This recipe makes about 24 cookies, using a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop.

Method:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
•  In a large bowl, whisk together sweetened condensed milk,

vanilla, and salt; fold in coconut.

• Using a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop, drop a mound of coconut mixture onto prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Using a fork, tease apart each mound making each into roughly a 2 1/2-inch “nest.”

• Bake, rotating baking sheets and swapping positions halfway through, until cookies are golden brown around the edges, 14 to 16 minutes.
• Let cookies cool on baking sheets 5 minutes, before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

• When cookies are cool, follow directions on back of your baking chips for melting.
• Drizzle melted white chocolate onto cooled nests and add 3 candy eggs to each nest to set.
• When set, store in airtight container until ready to serve.

Note: Coconut will be slightly sticky so place cookies in a single layer with parchment or wax paper separating layers rather than stacking cookies until ready to serve.

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