Springtime Macarons

I wanted to share an easy and fun way to dress up your macarons for Easter.  Adding sprinkles to macarons before baking only works with the lighter sprinkles as the heavier ones can sink when baked.  

These Springtime Macarons are fun to make. All you need to do is drizzle white chocolate over the macaron shells and add sprinkles to make them look pretty.  The filling is super easy too.  Add crushed Oreos to some Nutella and you have your delicious filling for the macarons.

I hope you get a chance to try these quick techniques.

Happy Baking xo

Springtime Macarons

Ingredients

· 75 grams almond meal
· 1 cup icing sugar
· 2 egg whites
· 4 tablespoons caster sugar
· Food colouring (deep pink - americolor)

Filling/Decorations

· Nutella
· Oreo biscuits
· White Chocolate
· Sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 130C.

2. Line two baking trays with baking paper.

3. Sift almond meal and icing sugar together in a bowl.

4. Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites in a bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved. Add food colouring, beat until just combined.

5. Fold in half the almond mixture until just combined. Fold remaining mixture until the mixture is all combined and glossy (this may take a little bit of time). Remember to fold, not mix.

6. Spoon into a piping bag or a large snaplock bag. If using a snaplock bag, snip 1cm from a corner of the bag. Pipe round mixtures evenly onto the lined baking tray, allowing a bit of space between each piped macaron.

7. Tap the trays on the bench to remove air bubbles. Set aside for 30 minutes to an hour, or until the tops of the macarons are dry and firm to touch.

8. Bake macarons one tray at a time for 18 to 20 minutes or until tops are firm. Cool on trays and carefully transfer to cooling rack.

Filling/Decorations

9. Place some Nutella and crushed Oreo biscuits into a bowl and combine together.

10. Pipe some Nutella Oreo filling onto half of the macaron shells and sandwich with remaining shells.

11. Drizzle melted white chocolate over the top of the macarons and add sprinkles.

Tips

· Make sure the mixing bowl is completely dry when beating the egg whites. If there is water in the bowl the egg whites will NOT form a peak.

· To get evenly spaced macarons on a tray you can buy a template or make your own. I made my own by using baking paper and drawing circles evenly spaced out. I placed the template under the baking paper and piped my macarons onto the image. Remove the template after so that you can use it again.

· For more even colour on the macarons, remember to turn the tray halfway in the bake.

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