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WeightWatchers Coconut Macaroons Recipe

Time to stop feeling guilty when eating dessert – these coconut macaroons are incredibly low in fat and calories. Coconut is also healthy for you – it provides plenty of phosphorus, an essential mineral that is required by every cell in the body for normal functioning.

Weight Watchers Coconut Macarons recipe – 2 WW points plus, 2 WW old points

Cuisine: French

Serves: 50 pieces

Ingredients

1 organic lime
150 g grated coconut
4 level tablespoons flour
3 medium eggs
1 pinch of salt
150 g icing sugar
50 thin wafers (Backoblaten) (40 mm in diameter)

Instructions

Rinse the lime, dry rub and grate the peel finely. Mix the grated lime peel with the grated coconut and flour in a bowl.
Squeeze the lime juice, measuring 1 teaspoon. Separate the eggs (you can use the egg yolks for another recipe). Mix the egg whites, salt and lime juice with a hand mixer until stiff.
Sprinkle in the sugar and continue to beat until a shiny, firm meringue is formed.
Fold in the egg whites evenly into the coconut flour mixture using a rubber spatula. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Evenly distribute the thin wafers on the baking sheet, placing them about 5 mm apart. Add the beaten egg whites using a large piping bag, putting the meringue on the top and leaving a little space near the edges.
Let dry the coconut macaroons for about 6 hours at room temperature. Then bake in a preheated oven at 175° C. Bake on the 2nd shelf from the bottom for about 8-12 minutes, until the surface has browned very slightly. Let the coconut macaroons cool on an oven rack.