Eggnog Macarons Recipe
They may require some patience, but eggnog macarons are worth the effort.
Ingredients
Eggnog Cookies
- 2 Eggs You will only need egg whites.
- 2/3 cup Granulated sugar
- 3 oz Almond Flour
- 4 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- ⅓ tsp Cinnamon
Eggnog Filling
- ¼ cup Eggnog I used homemade vanilla eggnog.
- 5.5 oz White Chocolate
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Cinnamon and Nutmeg Add these ingredients if your eggnog is not flavorful enough. But, just a dash of them.
Instructions
Macaron Cookies
- Use a sieve to sift almond flour, cinnamon, powdered sugar and nutmeg, and then gently blend them together.
- Place egg whites in another bowl and whip them until you get a foam. Add granulated sugar while constantly whipping. After about a minute, you will get glowy meringue.
- In the third step, you are adding dry ingredients to the meringue. Add little by little to avoid lumps.
- Keep folding the mixture until you get a little bit runny, but still a compact mixture. Folding means slowly "grabbing" the mixture from the bottom and placing it on the top. Be patient because this step will last for about 20 minutes or even more.
- Place the baking sheet on your pan, and the base mixture into your piping bag. Carefully form macarons base on the baking sheet. There should be 20 to 22 of them. Note that they will grow in size a little bit, so make them smaller than you want them to be. Don't worry if they are not the same.
- Leave them aside for about 30 to 60 minutes to dry. After that, bake the macarons at 300 °F (150 °C) for 15-20 minutes.
Eggnog Filling for Macarons
- Chop the white chocolate into small pieces and put them into a saucepan together with eggnog. The eggnog I used already had spices like cloves, vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon. If your eggnog is bland somehow, feel free to add a pinch of these spices here, or a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- Turn on the heat and stir the mixture until the chocolate completely melts. Medium heat should be enough to avoid burned bottoms.
- Place the ganache in the fridge until it hardens, which will take about 3 hours.
Attaching the Base and Filling Together
- After you make sure that the ganache is hard enough and the cookies are completely cool and dry, you can start with holding them together.
- In this step, you will need the piping bag again. Put the ganache inside, pipe it on one cookie, and then slowly cover it with another cookie.
Notes
You can keep homemade eggnog macarons at room temperature for about 7 days, or in the fridge for about 10 days. If you notice some changes in smell, taste or color, it means that they have spoiled.
Nutrition
Serving: 1macaronCalories: 205kcalCarbohydrates: 27.8gProtein: 3.7gFat: 9.6gSaturated Fat: 3.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4.2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 29.7mgPotassium: 128.3mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26.4gVitamin A: 5.2IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 60.8mgIron: 0.4mg