I followed the recipe as written. These are so sweet they're gross and texture is so light that it doesn't seem very muffiny. I haven't tried it with any of the adjustments listed in other reviews, but as written these aren't good muffins.

Reviewed On: May 1, 2011

The first time I made this I followed the recipe, substituting ground ginger for the fresh, as that's what I had, and lessening the amount of chicken. It was easy to make and very yummy! I have made a few changes to how I make this now, and my husband loves those even more than the original. When cooking for the two of us I use 1 large chicken breast and coat the pieces in a mixture of flour, wheat germ, ground ginger, and red pepper. It adds a little more heat, makes the chicken brown beautifully and helps the sauce thicken. After the chicken is browned I throw frozen baby sugar peas into the pan and let them cook for about a minute before adding the sauce. When mixing the sauce I increase the honey to 3 tbs, and I have no issue with the sauce thickening correctly. If you're making this for 4 I would suggest increasing the sauce by at least 50% and the honey by 100%.

Reviewed On: Sep. 21, 2010

I started by following the recipe as written, minus a little suger since I was using sweetened coconut. After I had combined everything it was very obvious that there was far to little coconut for this to make macaroons so I added about another cup and a half of coconut. It still looked a little to meringue cookie instead of macaroon but I gave it a try. The first batch I left in a little over the 20 min. because it wasn't browning. When I took them out I had a crisp meringue cookie with a bit of chewy coconut in the middle. The second batch I took out before they crisped and ended up with slightly undercooked meringue cookie that was reminisent of a macaroon. As a meringue cookie with some coconut I would rate this 3 stars, because it was ok, just not great even if you aren't wanting macaroons. If you want macaroons this recipe would have negative stars. I gave it 2 stars because they are ok cookies but they dont' come close to chewy, slightly sticky, toasted coconut delight that is a real macaroon.

Reviewed On: Nov. 25, 2009