How to Make Macarons || @cookingwcam

cookingwcam How to Make Macarons Made with

Get App In a food processor add the almond meal and powder sugar. Process for 20 seconds until finely ground 1 Made with

Get App Sift the almond meal, powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl 2 Made with

Get App In a small pot add the sugar and water for the sugar syrup. Set it on the stove 3 Made with

Get App Add half of the room temp whites and a little cream of tartar to the mixer and turn on medium low 4 Made with

Get App Whip the whites until foamy then slowly pour in the second sugar. Turn speed up to medium and whip 5 Made with

Get App When the whites have soft peaks keep beating and start boiling the pot of sugar on high until 240 F 6 Made with

Get App When it hits 240, slowly and carefully stream in the hot sugar syrup. Then whip on high speed 7 Made with

Get App While the whites whip, combine the other half of the egg whites with the dries to form a paste 8 Made with

Get App After about 4 minutes, the whites should look very stiff and fill the whisk 9 Made with

Get App Add 1/3 of the whites to the paste and mix vigorously until combined 10 Made with

Get App Continue with another 1/3 of the whites and fold it in gently. Then fold in the last 1/3 11 Made with

Get App Scrape the batter against the bowl then let it fall from the spatula. It should fall in slow ribbons 12 Made with

Get App On the back side of a sheet tray, lay a piece of flat parchment 13 Made with

Get App Pipe directly above the tray with a round tip just slightly above (not touching) the parchment 14 Made with

Get App Dab a small amount of batter in the corners so the parchment doesn’t move while baking 15 Made with

Get App Knock the tray against a table a few times on each side to release any air bubbles 16 Made with

Get App Pop any remaining holes and bubbles with a toothpick. Then leave to form a “skin” for 10-30 minutes 17 Made with

Get App The skin has formed when you can touch the shell and it doesn’t stick to your finger and looks matte 18 Made with

Get App Bake at 325 for 12 minutes! They’re done when the top of the shell moves just slightly when touched 19 Made with

Get App Fill and refrigerate overnight! Enjoy at room temperature 20 Made with

Get App Find the full recipe at http://www.instagram.com/cookingwcam 21 Made with

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