Ingredients

• 1 cup dried cherries Ingredients
• 1/3 cup maple syrup Ingredients
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil, melted Ingredients
• 1 tsp vanilla extract Ingredients
• 2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut Ingredients
• 1/2 tsp salt (preferably Himalayan rock salt) Ingredients

Instructions

1. Soak cherries in water for 30 minutes to an hour to soften them up.
2. Preheat the oven to 300F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat.
3. Once the cherries are done soaking, blend them in a food processor with 1/4 cup of the soaking water along with maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla extract to create a paste.
4. In a medium-sized bowl mix the coconut and salt into the cherry paste.
5. Scoop 1 Tbsp–sized balls of dough onto the baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes, or until the bottom of the macaroons are golden brown. You can place the macaroons fairly close together because their shape won’t change while cooking.
6. Remove the macaroons from the oven and let them cool for 30 minutes before storing or serving.