Pumpkin Macaroons

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Yield: 20cookies
  • About This Recipe

    “The pecans and maple syrup add a very nice touch. This is a traditional Jewish Sephardic recipe.”

    Ingredients

  • 1cupground pecans( about 1/3 lb. shelled halves)
  • 1/2 cupunbleached flour
  • 1/2 teaspoonfinely grated lemon, rind of, , yellow only
  • 1/4 cupunsweetened flaked coconut
  • 1egg white, room temperature
  • 1/4 cupmaple syrup, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoonvanilla
  • 1/2 cuppumpkin puree
  • Directions

  • Combine pecans, flour, lemon peel& coconut in a medium bowl.
  • Tip egg white into another med bowl& beat with a hand mixer till soft peaks form.
  • Gradually beat in the syrup& vanilla, then fold into pecan mix, adding pumpkin as you go.
  • Line cookie sheet with parchment paper& drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto it.
  • Let relax at room temp 30 min.
  • Preheat the oven to 300.
  • Bake mid-oven till just beginning to brown, 25-30 min.
  • Let cool on rack till completely cool.
  • Store tightly covered.
  • Reviews

  • “I think Mystergirl hit it head on!These rock!The flavour is very simple and they were a snap to make.My only problem was waiting to let them cool down enough so I could eat one without burning myself!My husband, again, was somewhat disenchanted with the lack of ‘sweet’ that these had… but said they were ‘better than the other ones’.;)Thanks, Mirjam, guess I’ll just be makin’ these for myself!”

  • “OH OH OH just had to make these two of my favorite things macaroons and pumpkin. DELICIOUS”

  • “Let’s see, pumpkin, pecans, coconut and maple syrup.Does it get any better than that?Great taste and really simple.Only problem that I had was that it didn’t make enough, had to make a second batch.Thanks for posting it Mirjam.”

  • “I used sweetened coconut(thats what I had at hand)and added chocolate chips. I served them on Thanksgiving,everyone had to try them and they came out great!”

  • “My 10-year-old son made these for our local pumkinfest baking contest.He won a prize for most original.”

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