I’ve been baking for a year and I can count on one hand how many bad batches I’ve had. Even my very first batch turned out pristine. These last 5-6 batches I’ve done have turned out completely fucked and I don’t know what it is. I haven’t changed my recipe, ingredients, coloring, oven, pan, NOTHING. I keep getting ruffled feet and sticky bottoms. These are my current macs I just made today. These were supposed to be for a friend’s kid’s birthday this Sunday.
by DesperateCurrent23
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Not sure where you’re located or the weather in your area but it could be a humidity problem. You could try leaving them to rest a little longer or leaving them in the oven an extra 2 minutes.
I always get this when I use too much gel colour, so I’ve started removing as much meringue (maybe a little more) as I put in colour (1tsp colour, remove a heaped tsp of meringue before it’s mixed into the dry ingredients).
It’s definitely a humidity issue, and sometimes that’s ambient humidity (I have problems when it’s above 50%) but sometimes you can control it with ingredient measurements.