Storing macaroons?!
Answers: What's the best way to store macaroons? Can I freeze or refrigerate them?
Why store them when you really should just mail them to me and my husband ...
Okay, you can store them for up to three weeks in the refrigerator or up to 3 months in the freezer if you pack them loosely with wax paper between the layers and BE SURE THE SEAL IS FIRM to keep them 'properly moist' ...
get a cookie tin and keep them that way, refrigeration dries them out
Seal them well and freeze, but they don't taste quite the same to me when thawed.
COCONUT MACAROONS
2 egg whites (from large eggs)
? tsp. vanilla
1 ash salt
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 3-?-oz. can (1-1/3 cups) flaked coconut
Red and green candied cherries, cut in quarters
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheet & set aside. Beat egg whites, vanilla extract & salt until soft peaks form. Fold in coconut. Garnish the top of each macaroon with ? of a glazed cherry. Drop from a teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheet, 1-?” apart. Bake about 20 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.
Yield: 2 Dozen Macaroons
Macaroons are very vulnerable to humidity. If not properly sealed, they will absorb the humidity from the air & also the smell from your freezer or refridgerator. Whatever you do, make sure they are seperated (by waxed paper or parchement paper) and SEALED!!
If you are freezing for a party, I would run a test batch. You would hate to go through the work for macaroons, freeze them & have them tasting like whatever is in your freezer... YUCK!!