Hi all,
this is my first Hay Hay Donna Day!! It started of here and they made Peanut Butter Cupcakes. Do check out Donna Hay's website. u sure can find lotsa stuffs there.

I bought myself 2 Donna Hay's cook magazine some time ago. it was really nice, filled with awesome mouthwatering food and they seem to be simple enough that amateurs could make it.. well thats if u can find the appropriate ingredients. =P

Glutton Rabbit of Pearl of the Orientis the host for #2 and she set the theme, Macaroons.. Macaroons is basically made from sugar, eggwhite and desiccated coconut. I'm not really a coconut person, but i did a few of macaroons over the weekend. it's pretty easy, there's no need of mixer, or ... blender or what.. just a big bowl, and a spatula... and of course the oven and baking trays.

So, the original recipe was a Lime Macaroon. This's made by Glutton Rabbit

Lime Macaroons
2 cups desiccated coconut
1/2 cup sugar
2 egg whites
1 ½ tablespoon shredded lime zest (** replace this with your own ingredient)

Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Place the coconut, sugar, egg whites and lime zest in a bowl and mix to combine. Roll the mixture into balls. Place on a lined baking tray, flatten slightly and cook for 10-12 minutes or until light golden. Serve with coffee. Makes 15.

so for me, i made 3 types of macaroons... i made the mixture of desiccated coconut, sugar and egg whites.. divided into 3 and...

The first one, is Chocolate Macaroons.
I know some macaroons are splitted into half.. or, being sandwiched where there's filling in between. but er.. i was much of a coconut fan, so making it into a sandwich would look pretty big..

i baked the plain macaroons, then poured some chocolate ganache (leftover from Temptation Oreo) and waited for it to melt... it's really nice, cause the chocolate melted over the desiccated coconut... leaving it not so dry... which was good..

The second type, Cherry Macaroons!
I used the same plain macaroon mixture, scooped it into small baking cups.. and put a cherry in the middle.. i thought this was really cute.. the colour contrast between the cherry and macaroon was quite obvious.. it pretty much looked like a toy or something... ahha.. oh.. maybe something for valentines eh ?

and the third, Cinnamon honey Macaroons
now u think i'm nuts, dont u?? i wanted to make a "nut" macaroon, but i couldnt find the nuts.. so, i made cinnamon instead... with cinammon, i thougt that ... applesauce would be so good.. but my house ran out of apples... i ddint make it... i added honey for an extra sweetness..

i dint quite measure the amount of cinnamon i put in...  i was just ... "open cap, pour some, smell good, ok" type of thingy.. u know.. ehhehe..i added the honey after it's baked..

this macaroon, however, was a bit dry..

alright.. so, there goes my Hay Hay It's Donna Day #2 entry..

Glutton Rabbit will do a round-up after 24th.. so visit her page, and vote!!

	Barbara February 1, 2006   06:52 AM PST   thanks for participating Swee. The cherry ones are my favourite but they all look great.

	rokh January 28, 2006   02:45 AM PST   yours looks great! anyway, happy chinese new year!

	Glutton Rabbit January 25, 2006   08:41 PM PST   Hi Swee, So many flavours and they look pretty too. I love the chocolate one most of all! Cute little heart on top. Thanks for participating. Stay tuned for the round up next week!

	swee January 25, 2006   02:14 AM PST   ah.. the melted choc works almost on anything.. hehehhe thanks citygal n boo

	boo_licious January 24, 2006   06:01 PM PST   Everything looks good, I had the same idea too re, the melted chocolate on top of the macaroons.

	Citygal January 24, 2006   04:26 PM PST   Looks sooo lovely! Feast to both the eyes and stomach

	swee January 23, 2006   11:55 PM PST   hehehehe

	Jen January 23, 2006   02:49 PM PST   all this is making me hungry.. :p:p