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Peppermint Macaroons

December 7, 2017

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Peppermint Macaroons are a family favorite recipe!  With just five simple ingredients, you can easily whip up a batch any time your family asks for them.

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

I can’t believe we’re halfway through #ChristmasCookies week!  Have you been following the hashtag?  If not, you should.  There have been some amazing confections shared this week so far and I know there are some even more scrumptious cookies to be shared through Saturday.

 

And we’re you’re at it, check out my post from yesterday and enter the giveaway from Nielsen-Massey.  I used their coffee extract on those coffee shortbread cookies.  They have amazing extracts and other baking products.  I know I’ve highlighted them a few times during various blogging events, but wanted to give them another shout out today.  So, please do enter the giveaway.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

Today, I’m sharing the delicious family recipe I told you about yesterday.  It’s one that’s in our family cookbook.  Wait.  You mean not everyone has a family cookbook?  Why not?  It’s not difficult.  I made one for our family when my sister was getting married.

 

It’s a book of all the favorite recipes we made year after year along with some we made only on special occasions.  I changed up the font, added some fun clipart or photos, printed them on half sheet paper, and then put them all in a small three ring binder.  Yes.  They do make those.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

It was a fun thing to do not only for my sister, but for the rest of us in the family, too.  Consequently, it brought up many memories and stories about how the recipes came to be and who was famous for making them.

 

And then there’s that one recipe that, no matter how hard we tried, we followed religiously every year.  The directions state to make a pot of turkey and rice soup.  Then you leave on the stove to cool, forget about it for a couple of days until it spoils, and then throw it out.  Because that’s inevitably what happens to it every year.  At least when I was growing up.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

But this recipe was my sister’s favorite.  They’re even called A’s Peppermint Macaroons.  I think I have peanut butter cookies in there, but don’t quote me on that.  I’ll have to double check.

 

Anyway, I have a fond memory of baking these cookies with my mother.  I remember it being a huge kitchen.  So, it wasn’t our kitchen.  There was an island and a stand mixer, I think.

 

Now, I’d seen these cookies made year after year, but I think this was the first time I was getting to participate in the making of the cookies.  At least that’s what I remember.  And it involved egg whites and the elusive meringue.  Ooooohhh.  Meringue.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

It also included extract, chocolate chips, and food coloring.  Yes.  We added food coloring to them, typically, to make them green.  I guess so people would know there’s peppermint in there?  Or just to be festive for the holidays.  I’m not sure which and probably both at the same time.

 

So, these were all exciting items for a young kitchen hoor to witness and be party to.  I remember sitting there watching the beaters go around and around.  I saw the egg whites turn from a yellow-ish color to a foamy light yellow and then finally to the typical white that meringue turns into.  It was mesmerizing.  Then we added the extract and the coloring.  And THAT was mesmerizing!  Finally, we stirred in the chocolate chips and we were ready to drop them onto the baking sheet.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

At that time there wasn’t silpat everywhere like there is now.  I was lucky enough to get to measure out the aluminum foil and lightly spritz it with cooking spray.  Actually, I’m not sure we did that with these cookies.  I think they just cooked on the foil and then we peeled them off when they were finished.

 

Decades later, my mother and I pondered whether these were, at one time, a French macaron style recipe that went awry.  It has the makings of it anyway.  It’s just missing the almond meal.  And they’re not your typical macaroon, which has coconut on it.  I mean, technically, they’re simply meringue kisses or cookies.  But, I’m not going to change the name.  They have and will always be peppermint macaroons to me.

 

Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

 

Now, here’s the twist.  These are actually almond.  The hubs isn’t a huge fan of peppermint and chocolate.  So, I took some of that Nielsen-Massey extract I mentioned in yesterday’s post and put it in these cookies.  Technically, these are Almond Macaroons.  And he hasn’t had a single one.  So, I think next year, I’ll stick to the peppermint version.

 

Don’t forget to see what the other bloggers are sharing today for #ChristmasCookies week.  I know I have several pinned and can’t wait to see the rest of them.  They sound divine!

 

 

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Peppermint Macaroons

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (or almond, coffee, chocolate, orange, etc.)
  • 1 cup miniature, semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300.
  2. Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Beat with a whisk until the egg whites a pale yellow and frothy.
  3. Sprinkle the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, onto the egg whites while beating a high speed. Continue until all the sugar is incorporated and the egg whites form stiff peaks.
  4. Drop by tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with a silpat or aluminum foil.
  5. Bake at 300 for 10 to 15 minutes or until they begin to brown around the edges. Remove from heat and allow to cool in the pan. Carefully remove them from the silpat or foil and store in an airtight container up to one week. They will be less crispy the more they mature, like French macaron.
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Peppermint Macaroons #ChristmasCookies

Peppermint Macaroons

Yield: 20 cookies
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

Peppermint Macaroons are a family favorite recipe! With just five simple ingredients, you can easily whip up a batch any time your family asks for them.

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (or almond, coffee, chocolate, orange, etc.)
  • 1 cup miniature, semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 300.
    2. Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Beat with a whisk until the egg whites a pale yellow and frothy.
    3. Sprinkle the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, onto the egg whites while beating a high speed. Continue until all the sugar is incorporated and the egg whites form stiff peaks.
    4. Drop by tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with a silpat or aluminum foil.
    5. Bake at 300 for 10 to 15 minutes or until they begin to brown around the edges. Remove from heat and allow to cool in the pan. Carefully remove them from the silpat or foil and store in an airtight container up to one week. They will be less crispy the more they mature, like French macaron.
Nutrition Information
Yield 20 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 63Total Fat 3gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 0mgSodium 7mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 1gSugar 10gProtein 1g
© Chris Campbell
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert - Cookies & Macarons

 

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Filed Under: #BloggingEvents, Christmas, Dessert - Cookies & MacaronsTagged: #CookieWeek, chocolate, cookies, holiday baking

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  1. Cindy says

    December 11, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    So light! A family cookbook keeper!

    Reply
    • Chris says

      December 13, 2017 at 5:34 am

      Thank you! My sister, A, loves them.

      Reply
  2. Ellen says

    December 9, 2017 at 7:41 am

    I love they only have 5 ingredients. I can see why they are a family favorite. I’d love them too.

    Reply
    • Chris says

      December 10, 2017 at 3:00 pm

      My sister commented on the Facebook post of these. She knew right away they were HER cookies. Truly a family classic.

      Reply
  3. Wendy Klik says

    December 7, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    We also called meringues macaroons when I was growing up. I think they are an Americanized version of the French Macarons.

    Reply
    • Chris says

      December 10, 2017 at 3:03 pm

      I think we may be showing our age? LOL Glad to know I’m not the only one.

      Reply

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