Mother's coconut kisses (christmas)
1 Batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 4 | eaches | Egg whites |
| 1¼ | cup | Granulated sugar; superfine |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| 2 | cups | Shredded coconut |
| Red & Green candied cherry>> halves. | ||
Directions
Oven 350~.
Add salt to egg whites and beat until stiff, but not dry. Add sugar, 1 tb. at a time, beating until granules are dissolved. Add vanilla and coconut, mixing lightly. Drop by teaspoonsful onto ungreased brown paper on cookie sheets. Put a cherry half on each cookie. Bake in moderate oven at 350~ for about 20 min. Slip paper onto wet tabletop or board. Let stand for 2-3 min. Loosen cookies with spatual and remove to wire racks to cool. Store in tin box between layers of waxed paper.