Marlena asked for some salted caramel macs. I must say, these are one of my favorite flavors to eat. The saltiness only comes from a sprinkling of fleur de sel (fancy french sea salt) before baking. If you want to be boring, leave that out, but it has a sort of chocolate-covered-pretzelyness. Yum. This time I am using the same basic batter recipe and adding red, yellow, and blue food coloring. I prefer gel food coloring so it doesn't thin out the batter. Add them in different amounts to suit your taste. I thought caramel cookies should be an orangey brown. They turned out more orange than I would like, but if you add too much food coloring, they taste like food coloring.
By now, you all pretty much know how it goes, but here are some pictures to document the process.
This last picture is in the oven. I know you can barely see them, but I needed to capture their beauty. I am in love. These would not be salted caramel macarons without caramel filling! I have a few recipes for it, but I am lazy and I have homework. So I am using caramel ice cream topping. It is the same sauce I use for lattes. Spread it on and let them sit for a day to meld the flavors.
I made a few different sizes of these. Most are average size, with a few adorable minis and one larger than average. This is fun to do and eat! Some people make them in special shapes or large sizes.
Be creative.
xoxo,
allie
P.S. You should make these. Macarons rock.
P.P.S. These travel well. Sarah said they were only a little bit smooshed.
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