French Macaroons.

Hello Friends,

Now things go wrong, and when they do you often feel confused or worried. In my case the last couple of days have been very rough :( But that's no reason you can't be happy! Enjoy some of these really delicate cookies! Perfect for a cool April day! 

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 teaspoons of granulated sugar. 
• 1 cup of powdered sugar. 
• 3/4 cups of almond meal/flour. 
• 2 large egg whites room temp. 

Start by mixing the almond flour and powdered sugar together. Take the mixture and thoroughly sift twice (THIS STEP IS A MUST) There might be a little pile of larger pieces of almonds in the sifter coated in powdered sugar, I recommend to snack on this as you work; it's so numy! Set aside the sifted almonds and powdered sugar. In a large mixing bowl beat the egg whites to a foamy consistency add the granulated sugar and beat until you have stiff peaks. Note: this recipe is for plain macaroon shells if you want them a certain color or flavor add it in when you add the sugar to the egg whites when the egg whites are foamy.

 Once you have your stiff egg whites fold the egg whites in the almond and powdered sugar mixture. This step is very important because if you stir it too long the mixture gets too soupy and you won't get the perfect macaroon! If you don't stir enough the shells will crack :( So here's what you want to do. Fold the mixture until when you lift up your spatula it take 30 seconds for the mixture to drip back into the bowl and 60 seconds to become a smooth mixture again. This is when the batter in perfect! You're gonna want to take a parchment lines baking sheet. Put half the batter in a piping bag and pipe dollar coin sized circles on the parchment. Now I know this might be hard for you, but take the sheet with the batter on it and bang it to make sure all the air bubbles are out of the circles.  Let them stand on the sheet before baking for 15-20 minutes.

 Once you have let them sit, bake at 300 for 15 minutes. Let cool for 2-3 minutes! They should have those cute little feet on them. Like shown in the picture. You can fill them with a custard, pastry cream or nutella like me! Enjoy!


Happy Cooking!

Sophie aka SingingFox :3