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The Perfect Macarons

How to make these elegant cookies at home easy

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/the-perfect-macarons • Posted by HiroLover

Have you ever tried to make these at home and had them crack, not develop feet, or just not turn out at all? You want to make them but you are too scared to try making these hard yet delicious meringue cookie? I Have the solution! this recipe is sure to make them turn out perfect every time making you look like a pro. To make these you NEED a Kitchen Aid or a power mixer and a candy thermometer

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Have you ever tried to make these at home and had them crack, not develop feet, or just not turn out at all? You want to make them but you are too scared to try making these hard yet delicious meringue cookie? I Have the solution! this recipe is sure to make them turn out perfect every time making you look like a pro. To make these you NEED a Kitchen Aid or a power mixer and a candy thermometer

Instructions

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    FOR THE SHELLS 1: For the syrup you need 150 grams Sugar and 50 grams Water and a candy thermometer In a small sauce pan, cook syrup: com­bine sugar and water and cook until the tem­per­a­ture reaches 230 F

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    2: When Measuring out the egg whites sperate into 60 grams each In a stand mixer, take one of the 60 grams of egg whites and the 35 grams of sugar and beat until it forms soft peaks.

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    3: When the syrup is ready, with the mixer on low speed, slowly pour in hot syrup. *Be care­ful as the syrup is VERY hot.

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    4: Slowly increase mixer speed to the high­est set­ting, beat meringue until it cools down and becomes shiny. (10–15 minutes).

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    5:Blend the 150 grams of almond meal and 150 grams of icing sugar in a food proces­sor or what ever you have on hand

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    6: sift mix­ture into a large bowl Add in the other 60 grams of egg whites into the almonds and icing sugar mix­

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    7:Add in the other 60 grams of egg whites into the almonds and icing sugar mix­

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    8: Stir in

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    9: Should look like this at after all mixed in

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    10:Add your color in now

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    11: Mix tell uniform in color

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    12: When the Ital­ian meringue as cooled down, gen­tly fold it into the ground almonds mix­ture. Mix with a spat­ula until it has reached a “lava” stage. *This is where it might be tricky because it is easy to over-mix or under-mix.

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    13: Fold tell looks like lava where it flows off spatula but still is somewhat stiff

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    14: Prepare a piping bag with a round tip and place parchment on 2 baking sheets, and fill your pipping bag up with cookie mix .

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    15: Pipe out on the baking sheet tell batter is all gone

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    16:Tap bak­ing sheet to get rid of large bub­bles, let them sit on the counter for 30–40 min­utes so the tops get dry. best way to tell if they are dry touch the top and your finger should come back clean

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    Bake at 325 for 10–15 min­utes. After about 5 min­utes, the mac­arons will start to develop their “feet”.

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    18: Find similar size ones and match them up

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    19: Fill with the filling of your choice and top with the other half of the cookie! I added a fondant little bow for a cute touch! Enjoy making these yummy little treats <3