I ordered some silicon mats from Amazon and I thought the problem was me. I went through 3 rounds of macarons with these mats. All came out shallow, or cracked or with weird feet. The picture is from me rage poking the last batch. I was confused. Then I went to Amazon and read the review!!! How in the works did this product have a 4.5 star rating but all the reviews were bad??? Anyway, does anyone have a good suggestion on mats?
by Klutzy-Neck82
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I love everything in this kit. Not sure if the mats are sold without the other items.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PJ26CGX?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5&th=1
I flip the tray upside down and put the mats on the bottom of the tray. I have also found that you need to closely monitor your oven temp so it hovers around 300-310. I find that if it goes above that, I get way more hollow shells. Let them sit for a couple of minutes before you attempt to take them off the mat and push from the bottom of the mat for any that don’t slide off right away.
I have the same kit that’s posted below, but recently switched to these. I love these esp having the three template sizes Philorn Silicone Baking Mat Set,… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FB7GMK7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I bought a 3 pack of teflon sheets from Amazon and I won’t go back to silicon! I just use a paper template under the mat for piping. It was less than $10 for 3 (you cut to them for your tray). The Macs slide right off and the sheets are much easier to clean and cook better than silicon for me. I have 5 silicon mats and my more expensive sil pat brand ones do better than the cheaper ones, but I don’t use them for macs now.
I just use parchment with hand traced circles on the reverse side.