I have been making macarons on and off for years now and have yet to find the perfect recipe. Recently, I have been trying to perfect the swiss meringue method and I cannot seem to get it right. My shells are always hollow!

Curious to know if everyone prefers solid color and designed macs. When making them for yourself or your immediate family do you tend to make them as pretty as you would if they were being sold or go simple? I definitely prefer them pretty as they just seem to be more fun to eat that way.

I’m still tweaking things chasing that perfect macaron. Throughout this process I have kind of kept an ongoing discussion with Chat GPT about what worked and what didn’t. “He” has given me suggestions left and right and many have been very beneficial. We are dialing things down currently sooooo close to perfect and tonight after explaining my constant aggravation with slightly sticky bottoms I made a couple tweaks he suggested and made my best macs to date. According to Chat GPT my oven runs hot on top and traps moisture. I was consistently getting slightly sticky bottoms when everything else was cooked correctly. I made a couple minor adjustments that “he” told me to make and no sticky at all! Just wanted to share that for me discussing this with “him” has been so helpful.

In the recipe it says to whip the meringue until the bowl is cool to the touch and the meringue is a shiny stiff peak. I often though get the shiny stiff peak before my bowl is cool. Like it will literally be very warm. I worry if i wait till the cool to the touch part, my meringue will be very over mixed. What does everyone else do? Go for the shiny stiff peak? I usually go till I see the ridges because shiny happens very early for me. Pic of my meringue ready when my bowl is still warm.

Hi friends, finally I got time to try this amazing recipe. Just curious why my macaroons feet is slop side. 😂