# French Macarons

A recipe for making flawless French macarons with only five ingredients.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3 eggs
- 0.25 cup sugar
- food coloring

## Instructions

1. Sift together powdered sugar and almond flour.
2. Whisk the dry ingredients and set aside.
3. Separate three eggs and add just the whites to a bowl of a stand mixer.
4. Gradually add a quarter cup of sugar and some food coloring to the egg whites; it should be stiff.
5. Fold in the dry ingredients in two incorporations until it looks like molten lava.
6. Pipe the macarons out onto a silicone mat or parchment paper.
7. Bang the trays on the table to get rid of all the air bubbles.
8. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
9. Fill the macarons with desired filling, such as dulce de leche pastry cream.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- silicone mat
- parchment paper
- trays
- oven

## Tips

- Make sure your measurements are precise.
- Ensure the meringue is whipped to stiff peaks.
- When folding the macaron batter, the texture should fall off the spatula like a ribbon.
- Allow the cookies to dry on the sheet for 30 minutes before baking to ensure the feet form.
- Leave the oven alone while baking.

## Source

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- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f5fe82eb-5153-41dd-bdc6-e1052415665d
- Extracted: 2026-01-15

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