Man does it feel good to be back in the kitchen! Before I left for vacation I had received a lot of requests for skinny desserts and I wanted to come up with some crave-worthy recipes that tasted just as good as their sinful counterparts. Well I think I found a winner.
These tasty macaroons are made with angel food cake, coconut and crushed almonds...that's it! No oil, no eggs, no butter - NADA and they taste delicious. They're light and chewy with just a bit of crunch and would make a perfect treat with your morning coffee or a wonderful snack to satisfy that sweet tooth. Best part about these little sweets is that they're uber easy!! Whip a batch up in no more than 5 minutes and pop them in the oven for about 25 minutes. I bet your kiddies will love them too :)
Enjoy my friends!
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Servings: 40
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Calories: 94
Fat: 4 g
Carbs: 14 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 2 g
Old Points: 2 pts
Points+: 3 pts
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Here are your ingredients:
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home
1 package (16 oz) angel food cake mix
1/2 cup cold water
1 tsp almond extract
1 package (14 oz) sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 cup slivered almonds, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Beat cake mix, water and almond extract in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add half of coconut; beat until blended. Add remaining coconut and almonds; beat until well blended. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool cookies on cookie sheets 3 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
41 lovely comments:
I never would have thought to use angelfood cake like this but it sounds like a delicious way to include it! These macaroons look so light and delicate! I can only imagine how tasty they must be :)!
Oh I love these! Perfect little treats!
They look so delicious and airy! My mom would love them. I'll have to pass this recipe along to her.
These sound like the perfect little treat!
These look awesome! A perfect treat to come home to =]
Love these pics girl! I think you are a much better photographer than you realize. Keep up the good work!
These look stunning! SO clever to use angel food cake mix! It never would have occurred to me!
What a creative idea! Sounds good and delicious! Perfect treat to snack on anytime of the day!
What a great idea!!!!! Yum!
these look awesome!
lovely :) i def want to make this!
Simple and light....nice job. Excellent little cookie.
These look delicious! Love a skinny macaroon! :)
Just looking at the pic I already tempting!
Lovely pic , healthy recipe!
Tq for sharing!
I wnat this with my morning coffe? yess pleasee!! ;)
I would love to give this a try. Simple and a healthier dessert option. These look so delicious.
I like this so much Kelly, esp without the eggs and butter, nice and beautiful outcome.
Another one of your recipe for me to bake for the coming festival of ours next month.
I don't know whether I can get the angel cake mix, wonder if other brands can work as well?
Kelly these looks amazing. Love when a dessert can be healthy and delicious. Going to try this one out. I adore coconut.
Yum and Yum! These look delicious and love the use of angel food cake :-)
What an awesome idea! So glad to have you back from vacay!
Oh boy...that's a unique light colored macaroons. It's completely adorable.
I want these cookies!! Almond extract in there, 40 calories, I am all over this!
Beautiful pictures!
These are very angelic and tasty looking! Glad you're back!
What a brilliant recipe! I love the simple ingredients and I imagine these cookies taste heavenly too!
They sure are angelic!! They look amazing...so light and refreshing!
This looks amazing! Your photography is always so pretty and perfect, too :)
I love that the very first time I ever come over to your blog, I find a skinny dessert posted right there for me to find. YES!!! You're speaking my language :) LOVE.
And just like that, you have me hooked. Can't wait to read more!
Love your quick and easy way to a sweet bite without a ton of fat and calories, thanks for sharing;-)
No eggs, no oil, and no butter! That is pretty impressive!
What a great idea, they look so light. Great pictures also :)
I REALLY want to make these! I love macaroons.
Oh wow these look yummy. I'm crazy for cookies, especially macaroons.
I love a guilt free dessert that tastes good! I need to try these.
Kelly...these are perfect! Nice and light and chewy! I bet adding a bit of lavender would make them interesting too! Very pretty!
These definitely look angelic and I love that they use a box cake mix. I love the idea!
Oh wow... these definitely look angelic and sound delicious! Yum!
Looks so delicious!!!
I'm sure these are great for leftover angel food cake! Totally flagging this recipe :)
Those look so tempting! yum! I love the way you photographed them too! Love them Kelly!
Since it's National Angel Food Cake Day, we're having an Angel Food Cake Link-Up Party and would love for you to add this to the link-up party! If You'd like to Come link-up with us, you can here: http://www.bigbearswife.com/2011/10/angel-food-cake-pumpkin-roll.html
Great recipe...had everything on hand except almond extract I used vanilla instead. Very easy to make....Fabulous!!
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