Tiffany MacIsaac's Elegant Macarons

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If you've had occupation making macarons before, effort this recipe. It includes Tiffany MacIsaac's cardinal tips. A brushwood of edible golden overgarment and luster particulate upgrade them to gift-worthy vacation treats.

One of the tips involves time: waiting a fewer days for the ovum whites to age.

These are beauteous connected their own, and stunning erstwhile presented successful a Sugar Cookie Tower decorated successful golden and white, with royal icing snowflakes. (You volition request a pastry container fitted with a No. 3 circular extremity to tube them.) Affix the macarons to the cooky operation with the Italian meringue buttercream (macaron filling). See the related look online and the NOTE, below.

You'll request a piping container fitted with a ample circular extremity and a candy thermometer oregon instant-read thermometer.

Luster particulate and edible golden overgarment are disposable astatine barroom proviso shops and astatine immoderate trade stores.

The ovum whites request to beryllium refrigerated (covered) for 2 to 3 days. The macarons tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality astatine country somesthesia for up to 4 days. The Italian meringue buttercream tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 3 days; successful the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks; and successful the freezer for up to 2 months. The buttercream whitethorn request to beryllium microwaved connected LOW for 10 to 15 seconds to soften (or longer if frozen), past rewhipped earlier using. The royal icing snowflakes tin beryllium stored, preferably successful a azygous layer, successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 week.

From Tiffany MacIsaac, pastry chef-owner of Buttercream Bakeshop.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 24-27 macarons

For the macarons

3 cups positive 2 tablespoons almond flour
2 cups confectioners' sugar
6 ample ovum whites, preferably 2 to 3 days aged (see headnote)
1/4 cupful water
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 spoon positive 1/8 spoon powdered ovum white

For the filling

1/2 cupful positive 1 1/4 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/3 cupful water
Kosher salt
1/8 spoon pick of tartar
2 1/2 ample ovum whites
1/2 lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter, astatine a chill country somesthesia (20 to 30 minutes retired of the refrigerator)
1 spoon vanilla extract (optional if utilizing flavorings successful the VARIATIONS, below)
1/2 spoon caller citrus foodstuff (optional if utilizing flavorings successful the VARIATIONS, below)

For the macarons

Edible golden paint/luster dust, for decorating (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per macaron (based connected 27)

Calories
220
Fat
13 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
24 g
Sodium
35 mg
Cholesterol
20 mg
Protein
4 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
21 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Tiffany MacIsaac, pastry chef-owner of Buttercream Bakeshop.

Tested by Jane Touzalin.

Published December 2, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026