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Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!

Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!
Have you ever noticed how, so often, the things that we are initially drawn to are the same things that end up driving us crazy!? Like our husband’s sense of humor…..? Or the challenge of a new job….? Or, as the case may be, a house on a wooded lot…? Those of you who have been following me for a while know that, almost 2 years ago now, we moved from our cozy starter home on a city lot to the home we live in now – the home we lovingly refer to as our Lemon Tree Dwelling. One of the things we loved most about the new house was the yard – it was big, inviting, and FULL of trees! Which meant lots of privacy – something we had none of at our old house. There was something appealing about knowing we could step outside and be in our own little world – bathrobe and bedhead and all!

Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!

And then…..as it happened….the thing we were drawn to (the trees!) started to become a nuisance. First it was the three big ones smack dab in the middle of the backyard (seriously??) Then it was a bunch of small ones in a little area in the front (that were blocking any view of our house from the street) and then a random few that were growing in bad places on both sides of our house. And then….just last week….the power company removed 3 that were growing into the power lines…..and, for an entire day, our backyard looked like this:

tree remover pic

Yes….our trees have been driving me crazy!! But then….just today….it started smelling like spring around here. And when I looked out the kitchen window into our less-wooded but still tree-filled yard, I saw a bright red cardinal. And I started remembering what it’s like to have birds building nests in our yard, and baby birds chirping in the trees. And, just like that, my love for the trees was re-kindled.

Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!Macaroon Nests – An Easter Treat

Living where we do has changed our lives in so many ways…..including where we find inspiration. I find myself being inspired by the beauty of nature and the changing seasons, at least in part because I am surrounded by it! So this one’s for the birds…..(and I mean that in the best way possible…!)  🙂

Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!

Macaroon Nests are a quick and easy treat for all your Easter guests. These quick and easy coconut cookies are adorable and simple, perfect for your Easter baskets!

Macaroon Nests

Macaroon Nests
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Author: Cathy Trochelman

Ingredients

  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 14 oz package sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • speckled jelly beans

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 325. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Whisk together egg whites, sugar, vanilla and salt until glossy and the sugar is almost dissolved.
  • Fold in coconut, stirring until evenly combined.
  • Using a 1/8 c measuring cup or ice cream scoop, drop the batter in mounds 1 inch apart on baking sheet.
  • Bake 12 minutes, then flatten the center of each using a small spoon.
  • Rotate baking sheets and bake an additional 12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely.
  • Melt white chocolate chips and spoon 1 tsp. into the center of each macaroon. Top with 3 jellybean "eggs".
  • *Macaroon recipe adapted from Real Simple Magazine

Check out some of my friends and all of their wonderful Easter Recipes!

Easter Cookie Dough Buckeyes – Lemon Tree Dwelling

Sugar Cookie Nests – Mandy’s Recipe Box

Chocolate Covered Rice Krispie Bunnies – Big Bear’s Wife

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  11. Paula Miller says

    The look so cute! I had made similar cookies in the past, but they were more cute than yummy. Pinning these to try this year 🙂

    Paula
    lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com

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  18. kewkew says

    These looks so cute. I wouldn’t like them because of the coconut, but I bet my husband and kids would love them. These would have been great when we were doing our Nn: Nest unit. We made some nests but they didn’t look as cute as these.
    This week my Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen features your No-Bake Mint Oreo Meltaways. We loved making them for our Green Treat leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. I included a link back to your post.
    I would love if you could stop by and share these on this week’s Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen.
    http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2013/03/kids-and-mom-in-kitchen-38-no-bake-mint.html

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  19. Leanne @ and away we go says

    These are great! My mom’s favourite treat… she will be thrilled! I just found your site through the pinterest power party… now I’m your newest follower!

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  29. Alderberry Hill says

    Thanks so much for linking to Make the Scene Monday @ Alderberry Hill. You are being featured later tonight!
    I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and join me tomorrow evening for Make the Scene Monday #66!

    Reply

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