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French Macaron Sandwich Cookies

These attractive confections are well worth the effort it takes to make them.

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    8 Comments

    • Jilliann

      i think this recipe needs a video to go with it!

    • Shirley

      Last week I decided to try my hand at French pastries, so I am delighted to find your Macaron recipe. It looks very labor intensive, but doable, even for a self-taught “chef”. I’m off to buy almond flour…photos to follow.

    • Karen

      How would we adapt to make all the pretty colors and flavors – ie rasperry/chocolate/pistachio?

    • Elizabeth

      A video would be helpful. I’m going to try it as soon as i find the almond flour.

    • JulieB

      Made these yesterday using another receipe. Didn’t come out too bad, but am excited to try ATK’s version. Also realized that I need to learn how to pipe these out better so that the cookies are more regular in shape.

    • Liz

      I think the universe is telling me to make these. Today I bought a cookbook how to make “Les Petit Macarons” and I came home and saw this in my Facebook news.

    • Nancy

      This is the ONLY french macaron recipe I have ever been able to get to work. And each time got better and better!! I just took a macaron class, and didn’t do much better than I did before with this recipe. A lot of macaron recipes have a higher proportion of powdered sugar to almond flour, and it makes them more candy like, and less chewy and fragrant inside. This one is a winner. I wish I could scale it in half for smaller batches, but even with it making a large batch they are all gone super-fast! The buttercream is spectacular. Another ATK miracle!

    • mary.drach

      Is there any way to make them come out smooth rather than textured in appearance? Taste is great!!

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