How To Make French Macarons

Week 25: Post Hiatus Fun Sorry we've been gone, but here is an easy and delicious recipe to make up for it!! French Macarons: You Will Need: 2/3 cup sliced almonds 1 cup confectioners sugar 1/4 granulated sugar 2 large egg whites, room temperature How to make: Separate the two egg whites and set aside Put the sliced almonds in food processor until nice and fine Add in the confectioners sugar and blend until coarse Put the almond flour into a sieve in a bowl until less than 2 teaspoons of bits remain Set aside. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Put granulated sugar into a KitchenAid Mixer bowl with the eggs and whisk until combined Set the mixture on setting 4 for two minutes Set the mixture on setting 6 for another two minutes Set the mixture on setting 8 for another two minutes (the mixture should have "soft peaks" at this point) Now is the time to add in any food coloring or flavoring you would like Set the mixture on setting 10 for 30 seconds, then remove bowl from mixer Add in all of the almond flour at once Scoop up from the bottom and move the middle of the mixture with a spatula and press against the side of the bowl. Do this until mixture "flows like lava" Put mixture into a pastry bag/ quart sized Ziploc Line two (or three) cookie sheets with parchment paper and hold down the corner with dabs of remaining batter Squirt batter onto the cookie sheets in swirled circles a little less than an inch in diameter Tap the cookie sheet on your counter 3 times to release air bubbles and put into the oven, one sheet at a time Rotate after 7 minutes and take out after 13 or 14 Your cookies should be risen and lovely. Use whatever frosting/ filling you so desire and enjoy!!! **Credit to Martha Stewart** We're Everywhere!!! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAreKingang Tumblr: http://wearekingang.tumblr.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kingan... Instagram: http://instagram.com/wearekingang Jill on Tumblr: http://haz-el-grace.tumblr.com/ Abby on Tumblr: http://breathe-thru-your-bones.tumblr... Me on Tumblr: http://d3ar-brutus.tumblr.com/ Me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/pasdeemily Me Blog: http://pasdeemily.wordpress.com/ If you read all this, your macarons will turn out perfectly and you will feel mega French. Oh lala!!!