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White Chocolate Macaroon Cookies

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  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 36
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Coconut fans, these are for you! These sugar cookies are infused with coconut and white chocolate, for a delightful flavor. Drizzled with more white chocolate and decorated with colored sugars, these cookies are ready to party.
Updated Nov 11, 2023
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What are White Chocolate Macaroons?

Our macaroons add coconut and white chocolate chips to cookie mix, for a sturdier macaroon that can go places! Drizzled with more white chocolate and colored sugars, these cookies are a great choice for any holiday gathering.

How to keep White Chocolate Macaroons from sticking to cookie sheet

Shiny metal cookie sheets (without any nonstick finish) are our recommended cookie sheets, for the best performance. You literally should only leave the baked cookies on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before removing them, or they can be hard to remove. You could also line your cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper before placing the cookie dough. It will help slide those sweet gems right off the paper, easily.

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 2/3 cups white vanilla baking chips
  • 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1 teaspoon shortening
  • Betty Crocker™ red and green decorating sugars
  • Coarse white sparkling sugar

Steps

  •  
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg, coconut, 1 cup of the baking chips and the extract until dough forms. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
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    2
    Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown around edges. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet; cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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    3
    In small microwavable bowl, microwave remaining 2/3 cup baking chips and the shortening on High 30 to 60 seconds or until mixture can be stirred smooth. Drizzle over cookies; sprinkle with sugars as desired.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Keep cookies chewy and soft by storing them tightly covered. Resealable plastic bags, plastic food containers with tight-fitting lids and metal tins work best.
  • tip 2
    It’s important to cool your baked cookies on the cookie sheet only a minute before you remove them. If you take them off the cookie sheet immediately after coming out of the oven, they will be too fragile to move. But also, if you wait longer than a minute to remove them from the cookie sheet, they can stick to the pan.
  • tip 3
    Lining your cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper before you place the cookie dough is an easy way to ensure the cookies will slide right off…and it makes cleaning the cookie sheet a breeze!

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I keep the white chocolate from seizing up?

White chocolate can be finicky. Either too much or too little time in the microwave can cause it to seize. Start with 30 seconds; add more time as needed, just until the chocolate can be stirred smooth. Don’t wait for the chips to look completely melted… stir them until they melt as much as possible. If they still aren’t completely smooth, microwave another 15 seconds and try again.

Can I cool white chocolate macaroons on the cookie sheet?

The results of our testing found that they need 1 minute on the cookie sheet to become easy enough to move, but any more time than that, and they don’t release well from the cookie sheet.

Nutrition

150 Calories, 8g Total Fat, 2g Protein, 19g Total Carbohydrate, 14g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
12%
Saturated Fat
5g
24%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
15mg
4%
Sodium
80mg
3%
Potassium
15mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
19g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
14g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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