In A Hurry Macaroons

Preheat oven to 300F (150C).

Mix sweetened condensed milk into the coconut, using only enough milk to hold the mixture together. (If you use too much milk, it will run out and burn whilst baking.)

At this point, add any extras you desire. (See below for suggestions.)

Wet hands and roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls.

Place on a nonstick cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until they are just lightly browned.

Optional extras:

Although these are great without anything added to them, they are versatile and fun to add to.

Most of the macaroons in the picture have finely diced glazed ginger and dark chocolate chips (they were very moorish).

Another time, I made the balls, pressed my finger in the top to make a little hole and filled them with raspberry preserves. They were like a cookie called “Jam Drops.” Again, mmm!

Other suggestions include chocolate chips (milk, dark or white), nuts (macadamia, pecan, almond, pistachio), candied orange peel and slivered almonds, raisins, chopped dates, chopped dried apricots, or whatever else you fancy.