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Four-ingredient coconut macaroons

Name: Four-ingredient coconut macaroons
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: About 30 cookies
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 170 g Shredded coconut (desiccated); 160 g Powdered sugar; 1 Vanilla sugar; 3 Egg whites

Crisp coconut macaroons made with egg whites, powdered sugar, and vanilla sugar, whipped over hot water and baked. Makes about 30.

Slovak cuisine · Christmas cookies and baking · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Temperature: 150 °C (300 °F)
Servings: About 30 cookies
Difficulty: Easy

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These crisp coconut macaroons are simple cookies made with just four ingredients. Whip the egg whites with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar over a hot water bath until warm, then let cool before beating in the shredded coconut. Pipe small mounds onto a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes at 150 °C (300 °F). They make a lovely addition to a Christmas cookie assortment or a treat to serve with coffee.

Ingredients

Shredded coconut (desiccated) 170 g
Powdered sugar 160 g
Vanilla sugar 1
Egg whites 3

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Instructions

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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 150 °C (300 °F).
Beat the egg whites until stiff, then gradually beat in the sugar. Set the bowl over a hot water bath and continue beating until the mixture is warm. Remove the bowl from the water bath, let the mixture cool, then beat in the shredded coconut.
Transfer the mixture to a piping bag and pipe small mounds onto the baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes.

Tip: Whip over hot water until the sugar dissolves—the mixture should not feel gritty when rubbed between your fingers. Remove the macaroons from the oven when their tips are lightly golden; they will firm up as they cool.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 62 kcal
Protein: 0.7 g
Carbohydrates: 7.4 g
of which sugars: 6.3 g
Fat: 3.7 g
of which saturates: 3.2 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kokosky z bielkov a strúhaného kokosu – zo 4 surovín