He even buys Almond Joy to give out at Halloween, knowing that the rest of us won’t eat them. So when he found this recipe for coconut tuiles, a sort of curved macaroon-like cookie, in an old issue of Gourmet (May 1986) he was all over it. When we begged him to make them again because they were oh so good the first time, no problem. Done. Yay! Tuile are so named because they resemble curve roofing tiles, tuile being the French word for tile. Dad also pulled up another reference to the word in his abridged OED, tuille being a steel plate used in medieval armor for protecting the thigh. Different spelling, same root, same curved flat shape. With the remaining 1/2 cup coconut, sprinkle a little over the center of each round. (If the cookies have become too firm to drape, put them in the warm oven for a few minutes to soften.) Let the cookies cool completely.
