Oataroons Recipes

MACARONS

Steps:

• Place egg whites into a metal mixing bowl and refrigerate overnight. The next day, bring egg whites to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 280 degrees F (138 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar and almond flour in a bowl. Beat the egg whites with salt in metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until foamy, about 1 minute; increase speed to high and gradually beat in superfine sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, until the egg whites are glossy and hold stiff peaks, 3 to 5 more minutes.
• Gently fold almond flour mixture into whipped egg whites until thoroughly incorporated; spoon meringue into a pastry big fitted with a 3/8-inch tip.
• Pipe 1-inch disks of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches of space between cookies. The batter will spread. Lift the baking sheets a few inches above the work surface and hit them lightly on the work surface several times to remove any air bubbles from the cookies. Let the cookies stand at room temperature until the shiny surfaces become dull and a thin skin forms, about 15 minutes.
• Place the baking sheets in the preheated oven and bake with the oven door open slightly until the macarons' surfaces are completely dry, about 15 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on a baking sheet before peeling parchment paper from the cookies.
• Spread half the cookies with any desired filling, top with remaining cookies to make sandwiches, and refrigerate at least 2 hours to overnight to let the cookies soften.

REALLY EASY MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Farenheit. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In large bowl, stir coconut, sugar, egg whites, salt, vanilla, and almond extract until well combined.
• Refrigerate one half hour.
• Drop batter by rounded teaspoons (approximately 1 inch apart) on parchment paper-covered cookie sheets. Bake 25 minutes until lightly golden. (Baking Tip: To ensure even doneness -- halfway through cooking time, reverse cookie trays in oven -- move top tray to bottom, flip trays front to back.).
• Cool 1-3 minutes on cookie trays. Remove with wide, thin spatula. Finish cooling on wire rack.

CHOCOLATE MACAROONS - NO BAKE

Steps:

• Boil first 4 ingredients for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla.
• Pour over oatmeal and coconut and mix well.
• Drop tsp fulls onto wax paper and wait until dry and easy to lift off paper.

OATAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Lightly oil a baking sheet or spray with a nonstick cooking spray.
• Beat the egg white on medium speed with an electric mixer until frothy.
• Add cream of tartar and beat on high speed until stiff.
• Gradually, slowly add sugar beating well after each addition.
• Beat in almond extract.
• Gently fold in walnuts and oats.
• Drop mixture by rounded teaspoons onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake about 12 minutes, or until bottoms of cookies are lightly browned.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool.

TUNA CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Arrange flaked tuna evenly in a 9 inch pie pan that has been sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray.
• In a blender, combine half of the parmesan with remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture over tuna.
• Top with remaining parmesan. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes, until set and lightly browned.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

WHEAT LOAF (NO- MEAT MEATLOAF)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix together the nuts, wheat germ and cheese.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Turn all of the mixture into a WELL oiled loaf pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• I glaze this with ketchup (fruit sweetened) about the last 5 minutes of baking.
• I also let this sit in the loaf pan for 5-10 minutes to firm up a little before removing.
• Serve like "meat loaf" with your favorite sides!

CHEWY ALMOND MACAROON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the ground almonds and sugar in a large mixing bowl and mix to combine.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy, then add to the almond and sugar mixture. Stir well - it will form a slightly sticky mixture but should hold its shape.
• Wet your hands lightly and roll a heaped teaspoon of the mixture into a ball between your palms - it should be about 4cm in diameter. Put on the tray and flatten slightly with wet fingers to a thick disc, leaving at least 3cm between each biscuit. Press a blanched almond into each one, if you like.
• Bake for 18-20 mins until just starting to turn golden around the edges, then remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. You want them to have a chewy, soft centre and the darker they get the harder the middle will be.
• To make cinnamon balls, add the cinnamon to the almonds and sugar before you add the egg white. When shaping, leave them as balls. Bake for 18-20 mins - you want them to stay soft in the centre. While they are still warm, put them gently in a bowl of icing sugar and turn to coat. Leave until completely cooled.

OATMEAL-PECAN LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF and prepare 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray or a layer of treated parchment paper.
• Mix oats, sugar, baking powder, pecans and salt together in a large bowl until well incorporated.
• Add butter, egg and vanilla to oat mixture;and mix well. Allow "batter" to stand for one minute.
• Drop teaspoonfuls (not tablespoons) of batter onto cookie sheets and flatten each out, leaving 2-inches between each cookie. (They spread quite a bit while baking.)
• Bake cookies until edges turn golden, about 9 to 12 minutes, and remove from the oven. Let cookies sit on on cookie sheets for 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.