Put the flour, soft fat, sugar, vanillin sugar and egg yolk into a mixing bowl. Knead with the dough hooks of the hand mixer to a crumbly dough. Then quickly knead with your hands to a smooth short pastry, wrap in foil and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Roll out the short pastry thinly on a floured work surface. Cut out circles with a round cookie cutter (approx. 6.5 cm Ø). Use a small mould (approx. 2.5 cm Ø) to cut out small circles in the middle.
Knead dough remains together, roll out again and cut out further rings until the dough is used up. Place rings on a baking tray lined with baking paper. For the coconut macaroon mass, beat the egg white until stiff.
Then stir in the sugar bit by bit. Finally add lemon juice and loosely fold in the grated coconut. Pour into a piping bag with a perforated spout and squirt the mixture onto the rings. Halve the candied cherries and cut them into narrow strips.
Decorate macaroon rings with it. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 150 °C / gas: level 1) for 30-40 minutes. Results in about 22 pieces.