4 of 100: Macadamia Nut Macaroons

More coconut?

Admittedly not a very exciting recipe to draw from the hat, but at least it's not brownies. And certainly everyone in my house is quite fond of coconut - even a cat - so it was nice to grab a simple quick and satisfying little cookie.

Didn't even need my big wonderful mixer. See, simple.

Fairly standard fare here, coconut, flour, sugar, the name sake macadamia nuts and...wait, lemon zest? several tablespoons of lemon juice? Perhaps not so standard after all.

I don't often get to bust out the husbands chef knife, so this was pretty exciting.

Full disclosure, I have terrible knife skills. Really truly reprehensible knife skills. If a recipe calls for anything chopped, or god help me, done so finely, it's always a miracle if I still have all of my fingers afterwards. This is something I'm trying to improve. Ish. Or at least improve by pretending I'm a fancy tv-chef every time I get to use the knife. This may not actually be helpful.

Mixed. With a simple wooden spoon. Blasphemy.

This mixture smells amazing. That lemon, oh that lemon. Something about adding it together with the coconut has just made these a very very delicious smelling lump of uncooked egg whites. It was really difficult not to just spoon it into my mouth. I had to get these into the oven fast.

Bake faster!

That smell didn't really carry over into scenting the kitchen quite the way I would like. 20 minutes of nervousness. Would that delicious lemon get lost? Would the macadamia nuts overpower the zest? Will I cut the roof of my mouth on a stray very toasted edge of coconut?

Actually, the macadamia nuts almost get lost in the coconut - though Mr. S says differently. That delicate lemon though, oh it stays and plays so so nicely with the coconut. These might be my favourites so far. Dusted with powdered sugar and devoured shamefully quick. But were they worth the mouth cuts from stray coconut slivers?

Yes. A hundred times yes.