For the Love of Cookies

I am super excited about this technique, because it was something I saw on a short reel somewhere, those reels that often depict stuff that does NOT work when you try to make it yourself. I took a deep breath and went for it… Worked like a charm, and will certainly open a ton of possibilities, as you can imagine.

Use any macaron recipe you fancy, and then prepare two contrasting colors of Royal icing, in piping consistency. As soon as you pipe the shells, add the icing and pull with a needle, just like you would do on a sugar cookie. You need to work reasonably fast, and it is best if you form a maximum of six shells at a time and decorate them all before making more. You want the icing and the macaron batter to mingle and be smooth for the movement of the needle. Below, some of the steps.

I made some simple polka dots, some swirls of a single color, and the classic wreath design, they all worked perfectly, no explosions, no problem with forming feet and baking normally. If you use Royal icing regularly and also enjoy baking macarons, consider bringing both worlds together. I actually used leftover icing from another project for this first attempt.

I can hardly wait to try this method again… and speaking of macarons, if you missed my announcement about it, I was a guest on Haniela’s live last week, and demonstrated how I make macarons using the French meringue method. You can watch the whole video for free clicking here.

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