This is one of those things I wonder why I didn't think of it earlier and why isn't it already mainstream! These charming Christmas bear macarons are actually beginner-friendly although they look impressive because of a simple hack!
This is a kids' baking class material for December that makes use of edible cookie dough for decorating all the details. The macaron bake becomes beginner-friendly because of that, at least for the heads-only version of the bears. I included the full-body version as well for those who would like to challenge themselves. Edible cookie dough is much yummier and contains much less sugar than fondant or royal icing, which have been the mainstream medium for decorating macarons. Some bakers use macaron batter to include all the details to cut out the additional sugar but using something playdoh-ish makes it so much easier but the end product still looks impressive! The cookie dough sticks by itself onto the macaron shell without needing a glue so it's really handy.
See this reel to see what I mean by it being beginner-friendly!
What's on the menu:
- Chocolate macaron shells filled with dark chocolate Nutella filling
- Brown sugar cinnamon macaron shells filled with Biscoff filling
- ALL decorations are made of Strawberry or Vanilla edible cookie dough. No fondant, marzipan or royal icing is used at all so overall sugar load is less!
with love,
Phay Shing
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