Daring Baker Challenge: Macarons
October 27, 2009 | Print | E-mail | Filed under cookie, daring baker
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
Look familiar? That’s because I made these macarons back in August. Each month I try very hard to be true to the Daring Baker challenge and follow the recipe given exactly, even with the allergy restrictions I have to take into consideration. However, no matter what I did this month, I could not get this recipe to work for me using ground sunflower seeds substituted for almond flour. I tried twice, each time first following the recipe exactly, and each time making modifications when the few sample cookies I baked didn’t turn out. No matter what I did to try and replicate the consistency of the batter used in this recipe, which is based on one of Helen’s recipes and which I know works, it was to no avail. I ran out of time, since my second attempt was so close to the deadline, which is why I am presenting these Maple & Brown Sugar “Macarons” that I made at the end of August. Ah, well…at least the flavor combination is perfect for fall, right? Be sure to check out the macs by my fellow Daring Bakers!
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October 27th, 2009 at 10:08 am
your macaroons looks fab! mine were a bit lumpy but still delicious!
October 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am
those are so much more beautiful than mine were! i love them! some of us are attempting a fun #sundaymacs thing on sunday… wanna try again?
October 27th, 2009 at 11:54 am
At least yours have feet – which is more than I can say for the ones I made for last month’s Mac Attack Challenge!
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October 27th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Sometimes you got to go with what works.
These look amazing!
October 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hey, at least you had these macarons to fall back on! Great fall flavors too. Totally agree – Helen’s recipe is perfect.
October 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
these look gorgeous!!
funny, how different recipes work for each. I could not get it right with Helen’s at all.. Lebovitz was my saviour
October 27th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Loving those flavors.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
It does sound like a perfect flavor combination!
October 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Yours look beautiful! I wish I had an old picture to fall back on… Instead, I posted a picture of my ugly failures!
October 28th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I’m impressed that you tried…I would have chickened out.
These look darling, though!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:29 am
OK, so I had to take a moment to think here. I kept thinking that “macaron” was a misspelling of “macaroon,” but it was used too often to be a repeated mistype. I finally looked it up and found out that they’re two separate things. How neat! You learn something new every day…
November 1st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I couldn’t get mine to work either. Very fast thinking to do a bait and swap! ;P These look fabulous in any case!