Hello and thanks for your interest in macarons! I’m a pretty big macaron-ophile so on my blog you will find a lot of posts about making and eating macarons! I also teach classes around Toronto – check out my classes page for current listings.
Key tools for macaron-making success
I have a step my step tutorial on my blog in this post and you can follow my macaron journey by looking at the macaron category of posts. There are, ahem, a few. For the videos showing each stage of macaron making, see this post.
You will find some wonderful posts on macarons over at my friend Stella’s blog, The Brave Tart – Macaron Mythbusters and The 10 Commandments for making macarons. My recipe and method are adapted from Stella’s.
I go to Golda’s Kitchen for food colour powder and piping tips and smaller piping bags (reusable or disposable) – they deliver (worldwide!) at reasonable rates.
Amazon is your friend as well. They offer all the equipment you need to bake perfect macarons (links should take you to the Amazon store geographically closest to you)
1. KitchenAid stand mixer. Yes, you can make these with an electric hand beater but my whipping times are based on my own Artisan stand mixer so you will have to adjust.
2. Digital scale. Yes, you need one. My recipe uses weight, not volume. Because a cup of almond flour is a different amount depending on who is measuring it. And because “1 egg white” is different depending on which country you are in. Buy a digital scale. You won’t look back.
4. Plain piping tips and 18″ disposable piping bags
5. Half sheet pan (conducts heat more evenly and slower than a regular cookie tray)
6. Parchment paper (more reliable and consistent for me than silicone). I like PaperChef brand.
7. In-oven thermometer – in case your oven isn’t really the temperature it says it is on the dial!
8. I buy a wonderful array of freeze-dried fruits as well as fabulous ground almonds (also known as almond flour) from Nuts.com with pretty reasonable (and speedy!) shipping (note they ship to Canada on Tuesdays and I regularly will receive shipments by the end of a week).
Almond Flour – 1 pound bag
from: Nuts.com
Macaron recipe
Below, you will find the recipe I use in class – I have tried to break it down as much as I can but please email me (mardimichels@gmail.com) if you have any questions. If you make these and have trouble, please snap a quick pic and send it to me – I can most likely tell from what they look like what you have done wrong. Please let me know if you tried them at home – I’d love to see what they look like!
A basic, virtually no-fail macaron recipe Adapted from Stella Parks (bravetart.com/)Basic Macarons
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
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