Matterhorn Macaroons Recipe
Macaroons with melted white chocolate in the shape of Matterhorn Mountain
* This is not an official Disney recipe but rather a very close replication
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup all purpose flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups flaked coconut
- 1 bag of white chocolate chips (or white candy melts)
- 2 tablespoons milk or cream
- confectioners sugar for dusting
Macaroons
Topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl or mixer, beat egg whites, vanilla, almond extract, and ream of tartar until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in sugar and whip until stiff.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney), salt, and coconut.
- Fold into the egg whites.
- Drop by heaping tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets, shaping each one into a “matterhorn mountain.”
- Bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on size) until slightly golden.
- Melt the white chocolate with the cream over a double broiler, and dip the top of each cooled macaroon into the melted chocolate.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.