Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE-AND-ALMOND MACAROONS

Category: Cookies

3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 (14-oz) pkg sweetened flaked coconut
1/4 to 1/2 tsp almond extract
1/8 tsp salt
24 whole unblanched almonds
1/2 cup dark chocolate morsels

Stir together first 4 ingredients. Drop dough by lightly greased tbspfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Press an almond into top of each cookie.

Bake at 350 for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Microwave 1/2 cup chocolate morsels in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute and 15 seconds or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals and at end. Transfer to a 1-qt. zip-top plastic freezer bag; cut a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag. Pipe melted chocolate over cooled cookies by gently squeezing bag.