Recipe: Mocha Macaroons

MOCHA MACAROONS

3 egg whites
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules, crushed
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups coconut flakes
additional cocoa powder or melted chocolate (for garnish)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

Beat the egg whites, coffee, cream of tartar and salt in a medium bowl on high speed until foamy. Beat in the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, on high speed; continue beating until stiff. Do not underbeat.

Stir the cocoa until smooth and powdery. Fold in the cocoa and coconut. Drop the mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until set. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from the cookie sheets. Cool on wire racks.

Sprinkle with additional cocoa or drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired.

Makes 42 cookies
Source: Betty Crocker, Holidays, December 1994