Two Varieties: Chocolate Dipped and Dried Apricot & Cherry Pyramids. My favorite version has a crispy exterior with a chewy and tender interior.
A beloved dessert at Passover ~ also for anytime… A fabulous year-round Gluten Free Cookie.
Also see my: Parve Chocolate Dipped Honey Coconut Macaroons!
Ingredients
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 cup pure cane sugar
- 8 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean gel, or 1 t. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 4 teaspoons tapioca flour or potato starch
- ½ cup dried fruits, apricots, cherries and pineapple, chopped fine
- ½ cup dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan with a silpat liner or parchment paper, spray with oil.
- Place egg whites in a small bowl, whisk for 20 seconds to froth them. Add them to a large skillet ( I used my cast iron one, cleaned) with the next 5 ingredients – sugar, sweetened condensed milk, sea salt, vanilla bean gel (or vanilla) and coconut. Place over medium – high heat and WHISK constantly until it starts to thicken, and just STARTS to color (caramelize). This will take just a few minutes. Add the potato starch, whisk in well. Remove from the heat, and divide out contents into TWO clean bowl with a spatula. Add the dried fruits to one bowl. Let cool about 5 minutes, or until a little cool to the touch.
- Chocolate Dipped: Spray a 1″ ice cream scoop with oil. Create mounds on half of the prepared baking sheet with the plain coconut mixture.
- Dried Fruit Pyramids: Scoop 1" mounds of coconut dried fruit mixture onto baking sheet. With your hands, create “pyramid” shapes. Slightly “square off” each mound, then raise each up to a point, about 1″ high. HINT: Use slightly wet watered hands to create pyramid shapes - the batter is a little sticky.)
- Bake in oven just 8 - 10 minutes or until just golden brown around the edges and on top. Cool on a wire rack. Dip the coconut variety in the slightly cooled melted chocolate, swirling the bottoms to coat. Place these on a wax paper lined baking sheet and refrigerate just until set. Remove from the refrigerate and serve.
Please alter the recipe if you care to make just one variety.
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