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High Altitude Raspberry Buttercream Macarons

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I live in Colorado, and love to bake. Sometimes the two coexist. Sometimes, my batters do funky things. My cakes droop or raise too much, they cook unevenly or get all kinds of cray cray. Enter the high altitude recipes. In regular baking, it usually involves a little more flour. When you are gluten free, or heck with macarons even GRAIN FREE- what does that mean? It means testing. Trying. Tweaking. Or, you know, just trusting me and checking out this foolproof recipe for high altitude macarons

16
5 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups finely ground almond flour, sifted
3 1/4 cups confectioner’s sugar
1 tbsp raspberry extract
1-2 drops red food coloring
Filling:
2 tbsp (or more for taste) Raspberry Preserves
4oz softened butter
8oz confectioners sugar
Start by preheating your oven to 300 F. In the bowl of a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment to create firm peaks with the egg whites and sugar. Next, sift the almond flour and confectioner’s sugar to get...
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Nutritions

Calories
102

Sodium
67mg
2% DV

Fat
4g
6% DV

Protein
3g
7% DV

Carbs
13g
4% DV

Fiber
1g
5% DV