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Pineapple Coconut Macaroons

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Have you ever gone to Sunday School class and discovered that your teacher brought treats?

And not some store bought cookie junk, but homemade treats sprinkled with love?

Don’t you feel like you suddenly won the jack pot?

I know I do!

Which is why when I teach, I always bring treats.

I am THAT teacher.

So this past Sunday was one of my very last lessons I was to teach before moving.

And I decided to make a treat that all my gluten free students could enjoy.

I decided to make Pineapple Coconut Macaroons or as my husband calls them “Pina Colada Macaroons.”

I wasn’t going to post the recipe right away, but then someone asked for the recipe so they could make them for an upcoming event and who am I to deny them the ability to wow people with such a great treat?!

The original recipe turned out to be somewhat of a joke.

So with each batch I kept tweaking the recipe until I finally got the results I wanted.

You may have to do the same but I’m hoping that this recipe is the perfect recipe for you.

Soft, chewy, perfect amount of coconut and pineapple and gluten free – what more could you ask for?

Yield: 30-40 Macaroons

Pineapple Coconut Macaroons

Pineapple Coconut Macaroons

Soft, chewy, perfect amount of coconut and pineapple and gluten free – what more could you ask for?

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 56 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 - 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple, packed in it's own juices
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 5 cups of sweetened, shredded coconut
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • White Chocolate (optional - I used Ghiradelli White Melting Chocolate)

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven to 325ºF
  2. Drain pineapple
  3. Place pineapple and sugar in a skillet and cook on medium high heat stirring regularly until the sugar has dissolved and the liquids have evaporated and pineapple begins to carmalize. It is VERY important that the liquids have evaporated and you are left with sticky syrupy pineapple. How much juice the pineapple retains will determine how long to cook it. This may take up to 20 minutes. Stir regularly so that the pineapple doesn't stick or burn to the bottom of the pan.
  4. Transfer to mixing bowl and add coconut. Mix to incorporate.
  5. Let cool for 5 minutes, then add egg whites & vanilla, mixing to thoroughly incorporate.
  6. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or non-stick foil.
  7. Spray parchment paper or non-stick foil with Pam - VERY IMPORTANT. These DO STICK if not sprayed.
  8. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop macaroon mixture onto baking sheet. Mixture may be slightly loose and that is ok. If mixture is too crumbly and not holding together at all, then add an additional egg, however you shouldn't need to.
  9. Place cookie sheet into oven and bake for 16 minutes, turning half way through or until bottoms are golden.
  10. Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on sheet for 5 minutes.
  11. GENTLY scoop cookies onto a plate and put into fridge. The cookies will be very fragile as they are still warm and have not fully firmed up. Chill cookies for 10 minutes allowing them to firm up.
  12. While cookies are in the fridge, melt chocolate according to package directions.
  13. Remove cookies from fridge, hand dip each one into chocolate (optional) and place upside down on parchment paper and allow to cool or back into fridge for 5 minutes to quickly harden chocolate.
  14. Store in a container for up to 3 days.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

35

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 106Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 47mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 1g

Recipe adapted from: Pastry Studio

 

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judy

Monday 27th of May 2019

I made the recipe with fresh pineapple and reduced the recipe to 1/3 of each ingredient because I only had 6 oz of pineapple once it was pureed in my Magic Bullet. It came out great! Thank you!

Janelle

Monday 17th of August 2020

I've never tried with fresh pineapple, but now I really want to! Thank you for the suggestion!

Steph Thompson

Sunday 12th of April 2015

When I followed this recipe, I ended up with cookies that wouldn't stick together. Is the amount of coconut correct?

Janelle

Tuesday 14th of April 2015

Hi Steph! Thank you so much for coming and trying our recipe! The ingredients are correct. HOWEVER, Each can of pineapple, though I'm sure they do their best to be exact perhaps is not, where some have more juice than pineapple and others more pineapple than juice. My suggestion would be just as you stated, if it's not sticking together, add more coconut - not too much though. When you place them on the cookie sheet they may still not be a perfect stuck together mass. However, after baking, they should stick together. Dipping them in chocolate will also help with that, but certainly not required.

I'm so sorry it didn't turn out perfect for you. If you do make these again, and they turn out and they don't stick, please let me know and I'll do my best to remedy a solution by making it again and playing with the recipe, however this recipe did work well for myself.

Sandra

Friday 21st of March 2014

I can not wait to make these. I heard the macrons on Sunday were amazing!

Janelle

Monday 24th of March 2014

Thanks Sandra! We had these and Coconut Lime Macaroons which were my favorite! I'll be posting those soon too! Hope you like them!

Jennifer Johnson

Thursday 20th of March 2014

Pineapple coconut sounds like the beach!!

Janelle

Thursday 20th of March 2014

Jennifer, these taste like the beach. The perfect way to enjoy summer during the winter!

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