French Toast Macarons
Light and crisp macaron cookies that taste like a sweet and comforting breakfast classic.
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Kitchen Sieve
Ingredients
Cookies
- ½ cup almond flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp maple extract
Filling
- ⅓ cup salted butter, softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the almond flour, the powdered sugar, and the cinnamon. Sift the flour mixture through a kitchen sieve to remove any clumps.
- Next, whip the egg whites in a mixer with the whisk attachment on high speed until foamy. Gradually add the granulated sugar and the maple extract, continuing to whip until until stiff peaks form.
- To the egg whites, fold in half of the flour mixture, gently, with a spatula. Once the first half is mostly incorporated, fold in the remaining flour mixture.
- Transfer the batter to a pastry bag with a round-tip if you have one, or add the batter to a plastic food bag and snip off the corner, creating an about ¼-inch hole.
- Holding the bag of batter directly above the baking sheet, pipe circles of batter onto the paper, about 1 ½ inches wide and 1 ½ inches apart.
- When all the cookies have been piped (about 30), lift the baking sheets about 3 inches off of the counter and drop them. Repeat this twice more to settle any air pockets out of the cookies.
- Allow the cookies sit at room temperature to dry slightly, about 15 minutes or until the surface doesn't stick to your finger when lightly touched.
- When the cookies have dried slightly, bake them 14 minutes, until just crisped. Allow the cookies to cool before removing from the parchment paper.
- Make the filling: Using a whisk or hand mixer, whip together the soft butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon.
- To finish the macarons, spread 1 ½ teaspoons filling on one cookie, sandwiching with another cookie, flat sides in. Repeat until all cookies have been filled.
- Serve.