ALMOND FLOUR MACAROONS RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine all ingredients except the egg whites in a medium bowl.
• Beat your egg whites in a large bowl with a hand mixer. This will take about 2 minutes, you want your whites to triple in size and form stiff peaks.
• Slowly fold whites into the coconut mixture a bit at a time until just incorporated.
• Form into separate balls or desired shapes on your cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until the tops get slightly brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a rack. Enjoy!

Steps:

• If you are making macarons for the first time, I don’t give you a guarantee that you will succeed right away, because they are not easy to make. :)
• Avoid making your macarons on a particularly humid day.
• Cool, dry weather is best.
• Egg whites should be 12-24 hours at room temperature.
• It is better to measure the ingredients using a kitchen scale than from a measuring cup. (Be sure to sift flour and powdered sugar).
• Beat egg whites and sugar with a mixer until you see stiff glossy peaks form. (It took me about 2 minutes, you can beat the egg whites for longer because it depending on the mixer.)
• Do not overbeat egg whites – overbearing the egg whites will introduce more air and create an airy, hollow cookie.
• If you under mix the egg whites macarons will not dry.
• Add the sifted flour and powdered sugar and gently fold the batter until it flows, like lava off the spatula. ( 45-50 complete strokes )
• Do not over mix or mix your batter.
• The over-mixed batter will result in flat discs, unlike light and fluffy cookies.
• Transfer the batter into a pastry bag with a round tip. (I used #12 plain round tip you can use 1A and 2A too.). When the batter is under-mixed, the piped macaron shells do not flatten out as much and the tips remain.
• Tap the baking sheet on a flat surface 3-5 times, this will get rid of any air bubbles and will prevent cracks.
• If needed, use a toothpick to pop air bubbles and smooth out the shells.
• Let the cookies sit at room temperature until the tops are no longer sticky to the touch, 15 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the humidity.
• Place the tray on the middle shelf and bake at 300°F for 13-15 minutes if you have a gas oven, or bake 275°F for 15 minutes in an electric oven.
• In the middle of the baking process macarons, you need to open the oven door once to let off steam, and then close it.
• They are best eaten after 24 hours since the flavors will be absorbed into the shell.