Troubleshooting Tuesday: How to Prevent Macaron Shells from Browning

[@rumbleinthekitchen_Amy]

Really looking forward to next week's, especially as I get ready to bake red shells for Valentine's Day.

[@baketoujours]

Yes, those red macaron shells!!

[@maggie7678]

Really really appreciate when you get into the science of macarons. Makes total sense about the sugar browning if it’s not dissolved but I would never have thought of that. Thank you so much. Looking forward to next week!

[@baketoujours]

You’re so welcome! Aw thanks for watching Maggie!

[@kay_8629]

Hi there! Just found your channel recently. Soooo underrated! Hope for the growth of your channel ! Helps me a lot as a home baker! 💕👩‍🍳

[@baketoujours]

Thank you so much!

[@gabrielladelacroix2179]

Love, love, love your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👩🏻‍🍳

[@hamidhamiyanji]

Hi from Kenya

[@baketoujours]

Hello there!

[@Boyhead1973]

Ahhh... having that break just blew my mind... I have a convection oven, so I just thought ...' pfft...it's convection so I'm good"... I couldn't understand why trays 2, 3, and 4 would get brown even after being in the oven the same amount of time! I'll try your tip!! Thank you!

[@baketoujours]

I hope it helps! 🎉

[@bjazz68]

Thank you.

[@anitaparikh6415]

What time is troubleshooting Tuesday?

[@baketoujours]

It’s an edited video so no specific time. It isn’t live. ❤

[@AllaSmith]

Thank you for the tips on troubleshooting macarons. Made two batches of Swiss meringue macarons today, and they all turned out brown, and over baked 😢( not reaching the time limit to bake even) . I have dual electric oven, in the top level oven the heat is on the both sides, top and bottom and this is where I burned most of my macarons baking first at 293F, than turning down to 248F, still burning and dry… 😭 so I made another batch, switching to lower level oven. its bigger and the heat is only on the top. I baked second batch at 310F,the color turned out better, but macarons felt underbaked with fragile shell top. Whats your suggestion would be in my case, to do with my oven? ( oh, I found you just today while baking second batch. I don't have oven thermometer yet). should I lower temperature? Thank you! I know you might be busy, but I really hope you'd see my comment. ❤

[@baketoujours]

Sorry just seeing this! I do suggest that oven thermometer before doing anything else so you get a feel for your true internal oven temp. Sounds like the bottom oven may be better to continue baking in and perhaps bake a little longer with parchment over to avoid browning at the very end

[@AllaSmith]

Thank you!! 😊 I’ll do that, and let you know how it's going. You are awesome!

[@heifetz87]

This is so frustrating