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LEMON LAVENDER MACARONS

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Ingredients
  

MACARON SHELLS

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup + 2 tbs almond flour
  • 3 eggs whites
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Purple food coloring
  • Large piping bag

BUTTERCREAM FILLING

  • 1/2 cup salted butter
  • 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 - 1/2 tsp lavender extract (depending on how florally you like your buttercream)
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
  • Yellow food coloring

TOPPING

  • 6 oz. purple melting chocolate
  • Yellow sprinkles
  • Piping bag

Instructions
 

FOR THE SHELLS:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Prepare a pipping bag with a round tip with about a 1/4" opening (Ateco #804 is what I use) and a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, sift almond flour and powdered sugar together. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites on high speed until they form soft peaks.
  • Lower the mixer's speed to medium and add sugar.
  • Put mixer back on the highest speed and beat until they form stiff peaks.
  • With the mixer still on high speed, add food coloring a few drops at a time until you get desired color.
  • Take bowl off of mixer and add almond flour/sugar mixture.
  • Using a rubber spatula, aggressively fold in dry ingredients until the batter starts to loosen and becomes a little runny. To test if the batter is ready, lift a small amount of batter from the bowl and drop it back into the batter. If it does nothing, keep mixing. If it slowly melts back into the batter after 20-30 seconds, it is ready.
  • Put batter (about 1/3 of the mixture) into prepared pipping bag and cover the rest of the batter with saran wrap.
  • Pipe 1 1/2" circles on prepared baking sheet and firmly tap the bottom of the tray so the batter flattens out. Repeat with remaining batter.
  • Let them rest for 30-45 minutes until they form a skin.
  • Bake for 10-14 minutes, or until they are set.
  • Let cool before peeling them off parchment paper.

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM:

  • In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, cream butter until it is soft and smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar, lavender extract, lemon extract and yellow food coloring mix until light and fluffy.

FOR THE TOPPING:

  • Melt chocolate in microwave.
  • Place into a piping bag and use scissors to cut a small opening at the end.
  • Drizzle chocolate over macarons.
  • Add sprinkles.

Notes

*Makes 25 macarons