Matterhorn Macaroons Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup room temperature butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
1 cup sweetened, shredded coconut – see note below for how to prepare coconut
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 bag of Wilton Bright White Candy melts
decorators sugar for sprinkling

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°.  Get out an ungreased baking sheet
Cream together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add salt, extracts, and flour and mix until just combined.  Add one cup of coconut (processed in the food processor as described below) and fold in gently.
Form into 12 matterhorn mounds and bake until lightly golden around the edges (around 15 minutes.)
Remove from oven and cool completely.  Melt candy melts as directed on package and dip the tops of your matterhorns in.  Sprinkle with decorators sugar.
Enjoy!

*How to prepare your coconut: Place a couple of cups of shredded, sweetened coconut into a food processor or blender and pulse until it is very fine.  Use one packed cup of the very fine mixture in this recipe.