I don't know when my mother developed this recipe, but it's been a part of every Passover for as long as I can remember. I can warn you ahead of time that one batch will not be enough. These are a real crowd pleaser, with everyone wanting more.
3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups matzah farfel*
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
3/4 cup grated chocolate or chocolate chips
Beat egg whites until stiff
While beating, gradually add sugar
Fold in farfel, coconut, nuts, & chocolate
Use a spoon to drop the mixture onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper
Bake in 300° oven until “set” – about 30 minutes
You can experiment with other items to add. I’ve made a chai spice version, taking out the chocolate and adding cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, ginger (mix spices with sugar and beat into mixture.)
*matzah chopped up into little pieces. It is sold in stores but if you can't find any in your area, just chop up your own.
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Notes from this year's batch, as prepared by the originator of the recipe in a secret location a few hundred miles south of Divah World:
> Different brands of farfel produce different results. The "Mitzvah Matzah" from Osem has pieces of a size that don't seem to work as well as American made farfel.
> Be careful in your choice of coconut. SHREDDED works a bit better than the more finer chopped variety. Both work, but the preference is the shredded type.
> RESIST THE URGE TO SAMPLE WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE OVEN! These things are HOT and you need to wait a bit or you'll burn yourself!
> They need to sit a bit to harden for best taste.
MAKE PLENTY -- THEY GO FAST!
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