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Like taking the top off of a traditional, modern macaron and leaving the filling and other half behind. Macarons were originally just a single cookie. Typically thought of as French, the famed Renaissance author Rabelais was the first to have provided a written account, “… petite pâtisserie ronde aux amandes”. For those of you that are a bit rusty on your french, this means “small round pastry with almonds”. It is said that the Italians created a version of the macarons as early as the 1500s. These confections simply substitute your regular old grain flour for the ground almond seed ‘flour’.ĭid you know almonds aren’t actually nuts? They are seeds of a fruit. Think about it for a bit… Pasta base is made basically the same way. Once these almonds hit Europe, the Italians called the macaron concoction “macaroni” or “maccherone”. That’s basically back when computers weren’t around and Oprah was giving away cars. Almonds, the natuarally gluten-free (for those of you who enjoy that sorta thing) base of a macaron were exported from Syria into Europe way back in the 1400s. Now that we have that out of the way… The origin of these delicate pastries is somewhat mysterious.

A tiny, round, dainty little sweet thang that you will soon learn to perfectly bake.Ī macaro on (say: mac-a-roon) is a more dense, large, blob-like, coconut-based sweet.

If we are going to get serious about macarons, we should probably talk a bit about where they came from and why everyone is so obsessed with them.Ī macaron (say: mac-a-ron) is what you see (look up) there. Keep reading for Macarons 101: A Beginner’s Guide and a free downloadable/printable macaron piping template.

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I’m going to share my ups and downs of homemade macarons and hopefully save you a few exhausting days and bins full of squished, deflated, hollow, crunchy batches.

2.5 inch circle actual size printable sheet