Coconut Macroon’s.
Coconut
I was Surprised !! Everything was so quick on that day(Last Friday). Getting up from bed, Breakfast, & getting ready to Kindergarten. All was because of a Magic word Halloween, that I whispered to Riya. Yes, Riya was so excited and dressed up like Witch with face makeup and she did enjoy thoroughly the Halloween Celebration in her School. It’s Halloween time here which is usually celebrated on 31st of October. During this season one can see lot of Pumpkins in the shops with different shapes and sizes. I believe, Pumpkins here is mostly used for making jack-o’-lanterns (Pumpkin lamp which is carved like a scary face) more than it’s consumption.
When I supposed to send a Halloween party food to KG, immediately I thought of Marshmallow and making dress like Ghosts. For the Ghosts body I don’t want to go for cupcakes, as children usually have it in almost all party’s. I wanted something which look like a cone and tastes yum. I found this Coconut Macroon recipe here and it turned out very well. To make up this 50 ghosts it didn’t take much time, and to makeup my witch it took a little longer but we were on time. When I asked Riya to taste one of those, she picked up white one and said in real ghosts look like white, so I will take white. She did like it and asked for more with one pink and one blue.
Here is the Recipe….
Ingredients for Coconut Macroon
- Dessicated coconut – 500 gms
- Large Egg whites of 6 Eggs
- Sugar – 400 gms
- Vanilla sugar – 25 gms
Ingredients for the Marshmallow ghost dress:
- Marshmallow – 300 gms
- Water – 2 Tbs
- Food color – a little
- Powder sugar – 200 gms
- Chocolate bar – 50 gms ( for Ghosts eye and mouth coloring)
Method for Coconut Macroon’s:
1. Add egg whites and sugar in a bowl and bring it to medium heat. Whisk it for approx 10 – 15 minutes until the mixture becomes frothy.
2. Add vanila Sugar or any flavour and add coconut. Stir it for 5 minutes in a slow heat.
3. Now shape this into cones with hand and place it in a baking tray.
4. Preheat the Oven and bake it for 10 minutes at 170 C (or) till the cones become golden brown color. ( You can feel the fragrence, when it is done).
5. After 10 minutes, switch of the oven and let the oven door half open and let the coconut macroons sit in oven for another 10 minutes.
6. Let the macroons cool and arrange it in a plate for decoration.
Method for Marshmallow dress:
- Add Marshmallow and 2 Tbs of water in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute in high, mixing it for couple of times in between.
- Remove it and food color and mix it with a spatula.
- Now add powdered sugar generously and mix it with hand. (It is too sticky, you can use some margarine or shortening to help it in mixing)
- Knead it till it becomes a smooth dough.
- Roll the dough in to thin sheet using rolling pin and cut in to small circles using cookie cutter.
- Just put this small circles on top of macroons and slowly drag it to all the sides. ( I wanted the Coconut Macroons to be seen below dress.)
- Melt the chocolate in double boiling method and using a small stick apply dots for eyes and mouth and your Halloween Ghost is ready.
