->Macaroons 01 <-

1/3 cup sifted flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon butter, melted

2 2/3 cups flaked coconut

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

Beat together eggs and vanilla in bowl until foamy, using electric

mixer at high speed. Gradually beat in sugar. Continue beating

at high speed until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in butter.

Gradually add dry ingredients to egg mixture, using electric mixer

at low speed. Fold in coconut. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls,

about 2 inches apart, on greased baking sheets.

325 degree oven

15 minutes, or until golden brown around

the edges. Remove from baking sheets, cool on racks. Makes 2 1/2

dozen.