High Alititude French Macarons
"As a recent transplant to Colorado I am working on converting my favorite recipes to High Altitude. This is my attempt at French Macarons."
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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60 cookies
- Serves:
- 30
ingredients
- 4 large egg whites
- 1⁄3 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon caster sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups buttercream icing
- 4 teaspoons buttercream icing
- 1 cup almond meal
- 3 teaspoons almond meal
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- gel food coloring (optional)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Place egg whites and cater sugar in a bowl and mix with electric mixer until stiff enough to turn the bowl upside down without it falling out, continue to whip for 1-2 more minutes. How long this takes will depend on you mixer. Add gel or powdered food coloring and continue to mix for a further 20seconds.
- Sift the almond meal and icing sugar and salt twice, discarding any almond lumps that are too big to pass through the sieve. Fold into the egg white mixture. It should take roughly 30-50 folds using a rubber spatula. The mixture should be smooth and a very viscous, not runny. Over-mix and your macarons will be flat and have no foot, under mix and they will not be smooth on top – see the macaron troubleshooting post for examples.
- Pipe onto trays lined with baking paper, rap trays on the bench firmly (this prevents cracking) and then bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Check if one comes off the tray fairly cleanly, if not bake for a little longer (make sure you are using NON-stick baking paper or they will stick).
Questions & Replies
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I think the Ingredients section of the recipe is missing the amount of powder sugar To use. It only mentions the amount of caster sugar. -
Hi! Thank you so much for posting a high altitude macaron recipe. I have attempted now in the last week 6 attempts with your recipe and I've tried tweaking things but I still found that my macarons are continually hollow no matter the recipe I try. I live at an altitude of 8599 in colorado. Is my meringue to stiff? Is it over mixing? Please help!! Krystle
Reviews
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Quick question about this recipe, it says to add the sugar to the egg whites while mixing, then says sift the sugar with the almond meal and salt. I'm confused as to what to do with the sugar and which one. Trying this recipe today, fingers crossed!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AKgirlinCO
Littleton, Colorado
Born & raised in Alaska, transplant to the Denver, Colorado area and loving it! Enjoy the art of cooking (doesn't have to be fancy) and the enjoyment of serving home cooked healthy meals. Avid baker, struggling to adjust to baking at high altitudes
