Sorry second post of the day, this is my third attempt 😫
Baked at 150 degrees C for 14 mins
I think the pattern on the baking paper indicates the ones in the middle are not getting enough heat.
Think next time I am going to bake the same amount across 3 different bakes so they get enough heat.
Any other suggestions? 🙏
by Aggressive-Draft9991
6 Comments
Yep underbaked again. Have you learned the trick of don’t take them out until you gently wiggle the top and if it wiggles leave them in until it doesn’t? That’s my go to method to test if the are done.
You can also try baking them on a lower rack to get them closer to the heat source. That has helped in my oven 🙂
I’d try 16-17 minutes at that temperature and adjust from there.
Yes underbaked. Start with adding 2 mins to your bake time and then gently lift the paper away from the corner macaron while in the oven to see if they come off cleanly. If yes then they’re done and you can take them out, if they split then add another minute and keep testing (other ones) until they’re fully done on the bottoms
try piping them farther apart. the closer you pipe them together the longer you need to adjust the cook time. i think them being so close together causes a lot of humidity to be given off during cooking and therefore longer to dry out and cook. i noticed if i pipe mine 2” apart it is truer to the cook tome in the recipe. if they are 1/2 in apart they take longer to bake
I had this happen several times in my first bakes until I started using the very bottom rack of my oven! I use an internal thermometer hanging off the middle rack to make sure it is 300, and then I do 15-17 mins with a super fast tray rotation in the middle because my back right corner is hottest. I do use silicone instead of parchment, so maybe second lowest rack for parchment. I was nervous to try the very lowest rack but I’ve had perfect bakes almost every time since I made that change 🙂 my oven is a newer Samsung if that helps. Edited to add – I also switched to flipping the trays and baking on the bottom of the tray so there is no edge, and I feel the combination of using the bottom of the tray/lowest rack is perfect for my oven. Also mine are sometimes very close together as well and they all get enough heat/air circulation with the flipped upside down tray plus rotating the tray 🙂