Coconut Macaroons IV

27 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 18 min
Ready In: 33 min

“This is a recipe my aunt made in the 30's. A meringue cookie with coconut and cornflake cereal. I could never eat enough of them.” - by Kathie

Ingredients

2 egg whites
1 cup white sugar
1 cup flaked coconut,
2 cups cornflakes cereal, crushed

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Original recipe yields 2 1/2 dozen cookies

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites to stiff peaks. Stir in white sugar. Fold in coconut and cornflakes. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until coconut is golden.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (30 total)

Calories
54 cal
3%

Carbs
9 g
3%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Busy Cook

Jan. 16, 2006

"Make sure you use 2c. cereal crushed, not 2c. of crushed cereal! I lowered the oven temp. to 325 deg. and that was perfect. Next time I will cut back on the amount of sugar...." See more"

ACPHIFER

Mar. 2, 2004

"These were so easy to make and so good! The only change I made was to bake for only 9 minutes. What a great way to use the last of the corn flakes in the box! Thanks, Kathie!..." See more"

GRUMPY31

Dec. 18, 2003

"This was a wonderful cookie , I did adjust some if it. I added a half cup more of corn flakes. Depending on how sweet you like your cookies, I would adjust sugar to 1/2. Will keep making thanks so muc..." See moreh for sharing."

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