Lee's Original Macaroon Bar 70g (24 x 70g Confectionery Bars Boxed)

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Remove from the oven when it's a nice brown color; cool and mix with an equal amount of untoasted coconut. Despite promising to work until he died, Miquel stood down in 2009, handing control to his son, Clive, and passed away in 2021. Perch-Nielsen remained on the board until 2018 when he was killed in a freak tree surgery accident at his home. Peel the potato and cut it into quarters, then boil until soft. Rinse off the extra starch in cold water. Mash until smooth in a large mixing bowl and leave to cool completely. The book A Cook's Tour of Scotland by Sue Lawrence has a traditional macaroon bars recipe using potatoes, icing sugar, chocolate and desiccated coconut.

The television ads may now only be nostalgic memories but Clive doesn’t rule out completely a TV or radio ad campaign at some point in the future.Lees is far from the only iconic Scottish sweetie maker, with generations of schoolchildren able to testify to the allure – and chewiness – of McCowan’s Highland Toffee. Tablet, fudge and coconut ice bars soon followed before John perfected the formula for both tea cakes and snowballs. The company grew from strength to strength and even partnered with and bought Heather Cameron Foods in the 80s.

By 1977 the factory in Stenhousemuir was producing 300,000,000 pieces of toffee per year, employing 220 people. Well into the 1990s and 2000s, McCowan’s was producing popular sweets such as Irn Bru bars and Wham bars – though one particularly novel idea never got off the ground. Keep in the freezer until ready to dip. When you are ready to finish the macarons, melt the chocolate.

I talk about Parisian macarons, as I wrote two recipe books on them (hence the blog title, Mad About Macarons!). Moreover, I have a recipe for French coconut Macaroons. The Parisian macaron basically contains ground almonds, icing/powdered sugar and egg whites. Macaroons consist of the same but contain coconut instead of ground almonds. Both are gluten free. After the hour is up, melt 250g of chocolate. You can do this in the microwave like I did or over the stove top- whatever you prefer. The brand, founded by Andrew McCowan, started out as a lemonade delivery service, with his wife attempting to make some extra money by selling toffee from the window of their Stenhousemuir home.

Inspired by Jacqueline's blog at TinnedTomatoes.com. I've found that the amount of sugar will vary, depending on how dry your potato is. First, you’ll need some white potato (or potatoes, depending on the size of them). I had small potatoes, so I used 2. I weighed them at 140g before washing or peeling.

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