Raspberry Thumbprint Macaroons Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk the egg whites, sugar, salt and vanilla in a large bowl until combined; fold in the coconut.
• Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of the coconut mixture about 1 inch apart onto the baking sheet. Use your fingers to form into pyramids; bake 10 minutes. Make an indentation in each cookie using the back of a teaspoon; fill each with the raspberry jam, then continue baking until golden brown around the edges, 10 to 15 more minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle., In a shallow bowl, whisk egg white until foamy. Place nuts in another shallow bowl. Shape dough into 3/4-in. balls. Dip in egg white, then roll in nuts., Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. , Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Spoon jam into each cookie. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degree Fahrenheit.
• In a large bowl; beat egg whites with salt until foamy.
• Add mixture of gelatin and sugar gradually, beating until stiff peaks form.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoons onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• (I have also used a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil and lightly sprayed with cooking spray) Bake at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
• Turn oven off.
• Let stand in closed oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and white sugar until smooth. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. Mix in flour until dough comes together. Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Make a small hole in the center of each ball, using your thumb and finger, and fill the hole with preserves.
• Bake for 14 to 18 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Let cool 1 minute on the cookie sheet.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar, 3/4 teaspoon almond extract, and milk until smooth. Drizzle lightly over warm cookies.

Steps:

• Whisk the egg whites in a large, clean bowl until soft peaks form. Whisk in the icing sugar in 3 or 4 batches, whisking well between each addition. Add a couple of drops of colouring with the final addition of sugar. Keep whisking until the mixture is light pink, with no streaks, and is thick and glossy, a bit like shaving foam.
• Using a large metal spoon, gently fold through the ground almonds. Cover 4 baking sheets with baking parchment and dab a little of the mixture in the corners of each sheet to secure paper. If you don't have enough baking sheets, make and cook half the quantity, then repeat. Use 2 spoons or a piping bag fitted with a wide nozzle to make 40 circles, each about 5cm wide. Leave to sit out for about 10 mins until a skin starts to form.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place the baking sheets in the oven, leaving the oven door slightly ajar to allow steam to escape, then bake for 20-25 mins until just crisp, but not browned. Leave to cool.
• When ready to serve, gently ease off the paper with a palette knife. Carefully spread 1 tsp raspberry jam per biscuit over half of the biscuits and 1 tsp mascarpone per biscuit over the other halves, then gently sandwich together.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg and flour until soft dough forms.
• Form dough into 3/4 inch balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• Using thumb or handle of wooden spoon, make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
• Spoon about 1/4 tsp of jam into each indentation.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes then remove from cookie sheet to wire rack and cool completely.
• In small microwave safe bowl, melt chips on high until well melted. Stir until smooth. May need to do this in segments of 2 or 3 minutes until well melted.
• Drizzle in little lines over the cooled cookies to decorate. Or, you can just add the chips to the dough before baking if you prefer.