Coconut-Almond Macaroons - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    5 egg whites
    1 pinch salt
    1 cup sugar (or more if you like things very sweet)
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut (or more or less, according to the size of your eggs)
    1 1/2 cups ground almonds (or more or less, according to the size of your eggs)
    12 glace red cherries
Preparation
    Line three baking sheets with baking parchment, and pre-heat the oven to 160\u00b0C.
    Beat the egg whites with the pinch of salt until they form soft peaks.
    Add the sugar, vanilla, coconut and ground almonds, and stir in well. You need quite a stiff mixture, so add a bit more coconut and/or almond if your mixture is too slack. If you like very sweet things, you may wish to add more sugar as well - taste a tiny bit to see if it is sweet enough for your liking.
    Divide the mixture into 24 blobs on your lined baking sheets, and pat into shape, pressing half a glace cherry into the top of each blob. The macaroons will spread out when cooked, so leave a bit of space between them.
    Bake the macaroons for 15 minutes or so, until they are nicely golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on their trays. They will firm up as they cool.
    Peel off the paper, and enjoy!

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