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

Wonderful! My husband and I don't really like pie but this was great. I had my pear slices soaking in lemon juice so they wouldn't brown so I didn't use the lemon extract. Only change and this was great. I'll definately make it again.

Reviewed On: Nov. 24, 2008

Yummy! I will definately make againg, although I'll probably cut the chili powder in half.

Reviewed On: Nov. 24, 2008