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  • hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of

  • Honeysuckle Catering

  • today, I'm going to show you a highly requested recipe, the elusive french macarons

  • the french macarons are really delicious cookies that's

  • crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. but don't be fooled by their

  • beautiful exterior! let me warn you - these cookies are temperamental to make

  • sometimes they come out with feet, sometimes they don't

  • sometimes they crack, sometimes they don't

  • I have a fool-proof recipe that'll help you get 'em perfect every time. let's get started!

  • to make the french macaron you'll only need a few simple ingredients:

  • two egg whites

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons of regular granulated sugar

  • 3/4 cup almond flour, and a whole cup of powdered sugar

  • the first thing you're gonna do is take a large bowl and fine-mesh sieve

  • and process the almond flour through

  • this will help you catch any big chunks of almonds that you don't want in the cookies

  • next take your powdered sugar and pass it through the fine mesh sieve again

  • you want everything to be super powder-y

  • like snow

  • now with your spatula, mix the almond flour and powdered sugar together so they're both

  • evenly distributed

  • once that's done set it aside

  • now i'll show you how to move on with the egg whites

  • put your egg whites in a mixer bowl and turn your mixer on to low speed

  • and mix it for about 3 minutes just

  • until the egg whites get foamy

  • you're unravelling

  • the proteins of the egg whites so that it can

  • form a nice meringue

  • now with your 2 1/2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

  • slowly sprinkle them into the mixer

  • while it's running on medium speed or

  • number 7 on your kitchenaid mixer. whip this for about 3 more minutes so it forms a

  • nice, soft peak. I'm going to be using red to make a light pink today cause I love pastels and I think it's so pretty

  • now, with your favorite color of food coloring,

  • put a few drops into the egg whites and then turn it on to high

  • or number 8 on your mixer, and whip it for another 3 minutes so

  • that it [gets] nice and stiff peaks

  • so this is what i want

  • the egg whites to look like

  • it's nice and stiff

  • still glossy

  • and kind of like a cloud or a big marshmallow

  • if I shake it, it shouldn't budge

  • now with the whisk with the egg whites on it, tap it hard against the bowl to loosen

  • the egg whites. now take a third (1/3) of the egg whites and mix it together with your almond meal

  • and powdered sugar mixture that you set aside earlier

  • with the rubber spatula

  • gently fold it together

  • and scrape out the side of the bowl so that you mix it all together very

  • thoroughly

  • as you start to get an even mix, add more egg whites

  • this step is called the "macaronage." It's when you mix together the egg whites and

  • the almond and powdered sugar together very slowly. This technique is really crucial

  • because if you mix it too much you're going to ruin your

  • macarons. but if you undermix it, you're going to ruin it as well

  • so just make sure you give it about 50 strokes...total

  • the mixture should be lava-like and if you hold it up like this

  • it should take about 30 seconds to go down

  • and about 60 seconds to settle

  • now with a large piping bag and a round piping tip

  • I'm going to add the mixture into this bag

  • now line a baking sheet with parchment paper

  • and start piping your little circles

  • now squeeze it all towards the bottom so that all the air comes out

  • now to make it smooth and to get all the air bubbles out

  • give it a nice tap all the way around, about 2 taps each time

  • if there are any points still left on the cookies, just flatten it down with your finger

  • K, now you're going to let your cookies rest for about 15-20 minutes

  • until it forms a shell

  • you see right now, if I touch it, it's going to stick to my fingers, but later on it's

  • going to form a nice shell and then it's not going to stick, like magic

  • now in the meantime while you're waiting for the shells to form

  • preheat your oven to 300ºF

  • our macarons have been sitting out for about 20 minutes

  • and after I touch them it doesn't stick to my finger. See?

  • I'm going to go ahead and put my macarons in the oven to bake

  • for about 15-17 minutes

  • I think the french macarons are the prettiest, most daintiest cookies out there

  • they come in a wide array of colors

  • bright colors, pastel...

  • really rustic colors, I really love them all! The macarons are done and PERFECT with

  • little feet

  • so pretty!

  • I'm going to let it cool for about 10 minutes and then I'll show you how to fill them

  • now I'm going to show you how to fill the macarons

  • the beauty of this is that you can fill it with anything you like: buttercream

  • lemon curd,

  • jam

  • the variety is endless!

  • today were gonna fill them with two different kinds

  • the strawberry jam and the buttercream

  • so what you're going to do is take your strawberry jam

  • and just spread it in the middle of the cookie

  • and then take another cookie and then just sandwich it together like this

  • now same thing goes for the buttercream

  • if you'd like to learn how to make the Swiss Buttercream, I'll be showing you

  • next week

  • and this is what your macarons should look like

  • kinda like a burger

  • it's so cute but it has nice and big "feet" like this...they're called "pie" in French, like these

  • they're little feet

  • so cute! And so the outside should be crunchy and the inside's going to be a little chewy.

  • I'm gonna show you...MmmMm

  • I hope this inspires you to make the French Macarons too

  • they're so fun to eat and I love them. These cookies are so beautiful they'd be so perfect

  • for wedding favors, birthday favors, your guests are going to love them

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  • bye :)

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