Macarons with cookies
Macarons with cookies served as one dessert will be great addition to your sweets table. Cookieron I named this dessert. Chocolate shell macarons filled with milk chocolate ganache, toped with gluten free cookie and decorated with ganache, caramel and roasted hazelnuts.
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How to make Macarons with Cookies
- Bake gluten free cookies. Macaron is gluten free dessert and cookies should be also gluten free.
- Bake chocolate shells for macarons.
- Make homemade salted caramel.
- Prepare milk chocolate ganache.
- Assemble macarons with cookies.
How to make milk chocolate ganache
Melt milk chocolate in the microwave or using double boiler method. In the small sauce pan warm up heavy cream. Do not boil! Pour heavy cream over melted chocolate in 3 parts, mixing with the spatula all the time. Emulsify with the hand blender. Transfer ganache into flat container or plate. Cover with the plastic wrap “to contact” and let it set at room temperature until pipping condition.
How to make Gluten free Cookies
Preheat oven to 350oF. Line 2 baking sheet pan with parchment paper or baking mat. In the mixing bowl of stand mixer with pedal attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. In the separate mixing bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
Mix in eggs and vanilla extract into butter mixture running mixer on low speed. Add dry ingredients and and mix again until all combined. Transfer batter into pipping bag with round pipping tip and pipe small cookies on prepared baking pan. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until light brown. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Keep cookies in air tight container or plastic bag until use.
Tip from Marina: If you do not have round tip, simply cut tip in piping bag and pipe cookies.
How to assemble Macarons with Cookies
Pipe milk chocolate ganache on flat side of macaron shell. Pipe homemade salted caramel into the center of the ganache. Sandwich macaron with another macaron shells, slightly pressing. Pipe ganache on top of macaron and place cookie. Pipe ganache and caramel on top of the cookie. Add roasted hazelnut on the piped ganache. Place assembled macarons with cookies in air tight container and refrigerate for 8-12 hours. They need to mature before you can enjoy them.
Tips for making Macarons with Cookies
- you can assemble macarons and then mature them in the fridge or you can decorate them with cookies right before serving.
- if you are serving this dessert after macarons being matured, you can decorate cookies with whipped ganache or other cream.
- roasted hazelnuts taste much better
- you can use ganache from Ferrero Rocher Macarons
- use different pipping tips to pipe ganache on top of the cookie
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Macarons with cookies
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- 1 small sauce pan
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
Chocolate macaron shells
Homemade Salted Caramel
Roasted Hazelnuts
Gluten free Cookies
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature 113 gr
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 2 cups gluten free flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Milk Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup milk chocolate
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Gluten free Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350oF. Line 2 baking sheet pan with parchment paper or baking mat.
- In the mixing bowl of stand mixer with pedal attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- In the separate mixing bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla extract into butter mixture running mixer on low speed.
- Add dry ingredients and and mix again until all combined.
- Transfer batter into pipping bag with round pipping tip and pipe small cookies on prepared baking pan.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until light brown.
- Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Keep cookies in air tight container or plastic bag until use.
How to make Milk Chocolate Ganache
- Melt milk chocolate in the microwave or using double boiler method.
- In the small sauce pan warm up heavy cream. Do not boil!
- Pour heavy cream over melted chocolate in 3 parts, mixing with the spatula all the time.
- Emulsify with the hand blender.
- Transfer ganache into flat container or plate. Cover with the plastic wrap "to contact" and let it set at room temperature until pipping condition.
How to assemble Macarons with Cookies
- Pipe milk chocolate ganache on flat side of macaron shell.
- Pipe homemade salted caramel into the center of the ganache.
- Sandwich macaron with another macaron shells, slightly pressing.
- Pipe ganache on top of macaron and place cookie. Pipe ganache and caramel on top of the cookie. Add roasted hazelnut on the piped ganache.
- Place assembled macarons with cookies in air tight container and refrigerate for 8-12 hours. They need to mature before you can enjoy them.