Bribing a Toddler with Strawberries and Cream Macarons
Guys.ย I made strawberries and cream macarons.ย It’s been a good 3 or 4 years since I’ve made them and I’m glad I still haven’t lost the method!ย It was like riding a bike. ย I wasn’t sure if I should post these or not because this blog focuses on healthy recipes.ย Thinking about it some more I thought why not.ย Macarons are a big part of our life right now because it’s the treat my daughter gets when she goes to potty.ย Yup.ย It was the only treat that would consistently get her to use the potty and now she is out of diapers, but going through our money by buying her all the macarons. Her uncle even sent her some via FedEx from New York!

Last week it was a rainy week in the Bay Area and we stayed home a lot because of this yucky flu that has been going around.ย So I decided – let’s make some macarons!ย I asked my daughter what she wanted to make and she said strawberry and lucky enough we were at Trader Joe’s last week and had some freeze dried strawberries.

5 Tips on how to make Successful Macarons
I learned how to make macarons successfully from attending a Sur La Table class.ย These are the tips the instructor she gave me that I still remember to this day:
- ย Always use a macaron recipe that has weight in the recipe not cups or spoons.ย The ratios of almond flour/egg/sugar are very important, so invest in a scale and weigh out the ingredients.
- You don’t need to age your eggs.
- Sift your almond flour and powdered sugar twice.
- Make sure your egg whites are very stiff before adding in the granulated sugar.
- The last step in making a macaron is called the macaroonage where you scrape the batter on the side of the bowl to loosen it up.ย Many recipes tell you to do it 20 times.ย Don’t do that.ย After each scrape check the consistency of the batter.ย If it starts doing that slow drip off the spatula like molten lava it’s ready to go.ย Some times it only takes one swipe depending on the humidity of your kitchen.

I have to say they did turn out pretty good.ย Oh and the ones I gave my daughter had a plain coco whip filling with out the champagne.