Coconut Macaroons

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   1. optional - if you like more coconutty flavor lightly toast a handful of coconut in a the oven while it is preheating.

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   2. blend milk, cream cheese, vanilla, and spices until completely blended and there are no cream cheese lumps.

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   3. add egg, blending on low until incorporated.

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   4. add coconut and amendments (including the toasted coconut if you choose) - chocolate chips here, but also good with same volume of chopped nuts, dried cranberries, diced crystallized ginger, diced dried apricots.

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   5. mixture should hold together in a ball when pinched. scoop out with an ice cream scoop, forming 1/2 ball mounds (so you get chewy center with crisp edges) and put on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Space the about an inch apart (they do not spread).

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   6. bake for 18-20 minutes in a 425 oven. let cool on the cookie sheet

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