I have been wanting to make some french macarons for quite a while now, and today I finally got around to making some! I plan on making some for my sister's wedding and wanted to have a trial run before the big day. I think I will experiment more with some homemade fillings, but these that I made today were very simple and easy to make! I combined a couple recipes to create this one.
The main recipe I followed was by Martha Stewart here. I love the muted colors of her macarons, however I decided to make mine a bit more colorful!
Ingredients for Macarons:
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 2 large egg whites, room temperature
- Pinch of cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/2 teaspoon strawberry or raspberry extract
- Teal food coloring
- Yellow food coloring
- Pink and Burgundy food coloring (i added burgundy to help make a brighter and darker pink)
(use about 1 teaspoon of filling for each macaron)
- Lemon curd
- Strawberry or raspberry preserves
- Nutella
Directions are listed at the bottom of post.
