Strawberry Macarons

🥘 Ingredients

• almond flour
  110 g
• aquafaba
  1/3 c
• cream of tartar
  1/4 tsp
• powdered sugar
  110 g
• red food coloring
  2 drops
• strawberry jam
  1 c
• sugar
  66 g

🍳 Cookware

• oven
• stand mixer
• rubber spatula
• piping bag
• baking sheet
• silicon baking mat
• parchment paper
• toothpick

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 310 ºF.
2. 2

   In a stand mixer , add aquafaba and cream of tartar .

   aquafaba: 1/3 c, cream of tartar: 1/4 tsp
3. 3

   Mix on low for ⏱️ 1 minute .
4. 4

   Mix on medium for ⏱️ 2 minutes .
5. 5

   Raise speed to high and start adding sugar slowly over ⏱️ 3 minutes .

   sugar: 66 g
6. 6

   Keep mixing until you have stiff peaks for ⏱️ 3 minutes .
7. 7

   Sift together powdered sugar and almond flour .

   powdered sugar: 110 g, almond flour: 110 g
8. 8

   Fold the dry ingredients into your whipped aquafaba with a rubber spatula . Use consistent "J" motions. Keep mixing until you can take a big scoop, hang your spatula, and see it flow off the spatula slowly and relatively smoothly.
9. 9

   If desired, add red food coloring .

   red food coloring: 2 drops
10. 10

    Transfer your mixture to a piping bag . Pipe into ~24 circles on to a baking sheet lined with a silicon baking mat or parchment paper .
11. 11

    After piping, pick up your sheet and drop it on the table a few times. Take a toothpick and pop any bubbles you see.
12. 12

    Let rest for ⏱️ 15 minutes , until the shells feel dry to the touch.
13. 13

    Bake for ⏱️ 20 minutes total, rotating the sheet every ⏱️ 5 minutes .
14. 14

    Let them cool completely.
15. 15

    Put strawberry jam into a piping bag, pipe onto a cookie, and sandwich another on top.

    strawberry jam: 1 c