Claire’s Homemade Macarons Are Better Than Anything You Can Buy | Try This at Home

Claire’s Homemade Macarons Are Better Than Anything You Can Buy | Try This at Home | NYT Cooking

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Күн бұрын

It’s time for a new installment of “Try This at Home,” a series that guides you through different baking projects and techniques.
This time, Claire is showing us how to make a classic French confection: macarons! Watch on to learn her tips and tricks.
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@DuyNguyen-yx2vd 10 ай бұрын

Macarons are fascinating because it feels like the kind of thing that was created through a series of mistakes that turned into something iconically delicious. Deflate a meringue by mixing instead of folding. Dropped the baking sheet. Left the cookies sitting out so that the batter dried out. The cookie developed an uneven ruffle at the bottom instead of staying perfectly flat. Refridgerated them and they got soft. None of these things sound like normal things for baking a cookie.

@saganpatel7485 10 ай бұрын

That’s what my parents said about me !!

@petebradford4027 10 ай бұрын

@@saganpatel7485 😂

@SchreiRulesYouKnow 10 ай бұрын

I believe the first time they got to the result, they had to continuously repeat it adding whatever step they did they think it worked for the first time😂

@NotChanelleLize 9 ай бұрын

That makes it sound like macarons were invented by someone with ADHD 😂

@naiknaik8812 9 ай бұрын

@Linda_Potato now thats iconic

@RileyRosa_ 10 ай бұрын

I've watched literally so many macaron tutorials before and this is by far the best one. Claire is just so good at making complicated things make sense

@amberwright2493 9 ай бұрын

Yes this was so much more helpful my only question is if she ages the egg whites

@AmJo2023 6 ай бұрын

Me too. I texted well forwarded the video to my phone so I can make some tomro with some edible shimmer dust etc. Just go all out for once. It's my dream to hv a pastry bougie pastry coffee n cake brick n mortar. But I'm trying to get a business degree in marketing and sales. That's what the recruiter said would be necessary. I think u just need talent and experience, no? Oh n mad money for all the tools and cake pans etc etc. I'm on EBT bc of CHF but I'm still going bougie once a month and tomro it's cotton candy cake w macarons on the sides and top.

@chuckychuck8318 10 ай бұрын

Oh I love it when Nyt treat us with some claire content

@imtheluckiest 10 ай бұрын

Clairetent? Contaire? …we’ll workshop it

@mominetti 10 ай бұрын

@@imtheluckiestClairetent...

@kezif 7 ай бұрын

@@imtheluckiestClaire - the mistress of desserts

@onemightymill 4 ай бұрын

saammmmeeee

@jazeolo 10 ай бұрын

Claire is such a professional. Not just as a chef, but as a presenter and at giving clear instructions. She also gives a lot of really useful practical advice. Always a pleasure to watch. She has her own channel, by the way!

@wandererinthenight 9 ай бұрын

This is a case when you realize that teaching is not an easy task and requires a very highly skilled professional. By far the best tutorial out there.

@anngoo8670 10 ай бұрын

Love Claire content! She is such a well spoken, wonderful teacher and is so relatable at the same time!

@matthewshaw3747 10 ай бұрын

She has her own channel too if you want more.

@ernestwinata7908 10 ай бұрын

The intermittent soft jazz in the background suggests that this is a relaxing activity. Which it is definitely not.

@ChristineNolanHumphrys Ай бұрын

This made me laugh out loud. So true

@sandraengstrand2784 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely loooove how Claire can explain the exact texture and consistency that’s needed. Super-helpful and also entertaining!!! 👩🏻‍🍳⏲️💕👍🏻

@swankyangelo 10 ай бұрын

More Claire, please.

@alisonchun 10 ай бұрын

Yes please 👍👍

@Gotchalaboom 9 ай бұрын

Please

@savannamm 9 ай бұрын

She has her own channel, she posts every Thursday

@benicia9408 Ай бұрын

Agreed

@jcthompson7666 10 ай бұрын

I tried making macarons twice, years ago, and they were a disaster despite all the reading I did ahead of time from great chefs. Claire’s such a great teacher that maybe, not committing, I may give it one more try because they are great “cookies” that I’d like to master. And she begins with the classic/best flavor combos.

@aliciaf1055 9 ай бұрын

I like the "maybe, not committing" 😸 - Good luck if you do!

@bibelev 5 ай бұрын

I love the troubleshooting part at the end, as well as the possible things that may go wrong that she pinpoints throughout the entire process. She makes it so less of an overwhelming thought of attempting to make them at home.

@user-bg3vs6yi3g 9 ай бұрын

my boyfriend and i just made a batch of the chocolate ones following this recipe, we messed up a couple things (inconsistent oven temp, poor piping skills, using 3.5oz of 70% chocolate and like a tiny piece of 90% in the ganache to try and make up for the missing bit because we forgot to adjust the amount of milk we used) and even despite all that, they turned out AMAZING!!! we got 17 instead of 23 and they were a bit wrinkly and their sizes varied a lot more than claire's, but they were definitely recognizable as macarons and had the foot, and tasted SO good. i shared them with my roommates :)

@UrBigSisKey 8 ай бұрын

that’s amazing hahaha

@phos5990 20 күн бұрын

that's so good to hear, congratulations! i might actually try this recipe hah

@Andyt11 10 ай бұрын

Pistachio verdict: mmm Chocolate verdict: mmm Raspberry verdict: mmm

@danbev8542 10 ай бұрын

I love, love, love these Claire videos of classic advanced foods! She breaks things down to look much less intimidating. Such a great teacher! Thanks NYT and Claire!

@AmarEnergy 9 ай бұрын

Claire is such a wealth of knowledge! I love how she can take an otherwise quite complicated technique and break it down to the fundamentals.She has been a huge influence on me upping my baking game to more complicated recipes and methods. I have learned so much about baking from this woman!

@gailegormley5744 9 ай бұрын

My 14 year old granddaughter makes macrons and does a great job!! She has been doing this for at least two years and has even sold them for a raising money for her hockey team.

@lespantalonsfancie2434 9 ай бұрын

I made the chocolate macarons this weekend as my 5th attempt at making macarons (using a few different KZfaq recipes). These were, I'm pleased to say, the closest I've come so far to getting the shells right. Granted, some of the shells cracked and I accidentally piped them a bit big (note to self: use a smaller piping tip to help control the flow of the batter next time) BUT I did have mostly smooth tops and ruffled feet!! Also that dark choc ganash with the espresso coffee - 👌 hmm, crazy delicious next to the sweetness of the macaron shells. Now I'm keen to try the other two flavours!

@scpatl4now 9 ай бұрын

If you ever make them again...try adding a couple of dashes of mint extract to the batter or the filling. Chocolate - Mint macarons are really good

@k1amc3 10 ай бұрын

Here's a tip for anyone not wanting to wait for the shells to form a dry skin on top, and for anyone in really humid areas where this would take forever if you preheat your oven to 120C, and put the trays in with the door cracked open for like, 3-5 minutes, that does the same thing but much faster all you do once the skin is formed is close the door and lift the temp to whatever your recipe says

@oneiromancing 8 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this! i have a feeling i'll definitely need to use this tip

@JimSlaughterOC 7 ай бұрын

The quality of this video is amazing! Congrats to Claire and her hard-working video editors! Thanks!

@beam9008 10 ай бұрын

Everytime Claire does something, she makes it look so easy and nothing to fear about baking, but macarons are something else when baking...😅😁

@MsDowntonabbey 10 ай бұрын

I tried a French macaron for the first time when I was in college and thought they were one of the best things I had tasted. I was so excited to make them and chose a recipe for lavender macarons which I spent hours making with my little sister and failed spectacularly 😂 I had never made any kind of meringue before, definitely didn't use a mixer, didn't know I had to let them form a skin, and improvised a filling because the one in my recipe seemed too complicated. These instructions are so helpful and much more detailed -- I'm inspired to give macarons another try!

@cptntwinkletoes 10 ай бұрын

They are definitely fickle, haha. But that's such. Sweet story, if you try not to take it too seriously it's a fun experience even if they don't turn out perfect.

@jq8974 3 ай бұрын

Love the lavender idea! 🌿💜

@annanamoose9943 8 ай бұрын

a failed macaron shell is still a damn good cookie, this I've learn through experience 😁

@macaoron 10 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for Claire to tackle macarons forever, so thank you NYT Cooking for making my dream come true! 💖💖

@chrisface24 5 ай бұрын

Claire Saffitz is truly a baker of this generation. She has a way of distilling the recipes to a point where they seem approachable, and her vocabulary is descriptive enough to bring the viewer along for the ride.

@jeepjen34 Ай бұрын

The best macaron tutorial! I feel confident after watching Claire explain all the ins and out of the process.

@sarapeflores 9 ай бұрын

I love that Claire doesn’t make desserts overly sweet. ❤❤❤

@Dionnnnz 10 ай бұрын

Interesting! I never knew that during the process of macronage you actually do want to deflate the egg whites, I've seen so many videos that mention how the dry mixture should be incorporated as gently as possible to prevent deflating the egg whites

@moyetlicious 10 ай бұрын

For recipes where the air is used as leavening (such as in a Genoese sponge) this is indeed the case and you have to work as carefully as possibly so as not to deflate your batter, but too much air is the enemy of a well baked macaron.

@macaoron 10 ай бұрын

There's definitely still a danger of overmixing during the macaronage, which is the tendency for most home bakers, so a lot of recipes tend to err on the side of telling people to undermix it. But yes, the whole point of macaronage is to actually controllably deflate the mixture!

@SalokinQuagsire 9 ай бұрын

Wow, Claire is a fantastic teacher! I never had an urge to make Macarons at home because I knew they were difficult to make, but now I feel like I have the info to make these and even try making different fillings/flavors. Very cool!!!

@rewdymeyer 10 ай бұрын

Claire is the best. More Caire pls! Lol. Love her.

@Mandeemoo007 10 ай бұрын

Claire always makes everything look soo easy, thanks for the endless tips!

@Hannahbeckett894 10 ай бұрын

More Claire content always! She makes the most intimidating things feel so accessible. Love it!

@Romi_Zii 10 ай бұрын

Making french buttercream filling with the leftover yolks is definitely the full insanity of making macarons! 😂 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🤍🤎

@mynia90 18 сағат бұрын

More of this girl and her sweet goodies, please ❤

@arshbehal6312 10 ай бұрын

I do not have words to express how incredible Claire is. She is beautiful and absolutely perfect. Love her!

@YoursM979 10 ай бұрын

Finally, a way to have these and not have to pay $3 a cookie :) Claire Saffitz is the best love all her stuff :)

@fastcoffee9878 8 ай бұрын

I am not a big fan of fussy baking. But Claire puts such an air of panache into this recipe that I will have to tackle these, and then pair them with my best pu ehr tea. Thanks NYT and Claire❤

@ctgoedyXD 9 ай бұрын

I always really appreciate Claire's attention to detail

@L0rkisha 9 ай бұрын

I wished someone put together a video like this when I was learning how to make macarons! I had to learn all these tips and tricks by doing tons of research and watching multiple bakers! It was definitely a challenge but so satisfying when I finally got it to work! Practice really does make perfect! 🥰

@groovybee7 10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Claire and NYT for this step by step Macarons!!!

@dianamiles-hannah1286 10 ай бұрын

Another excellent tutorial! Thank you for all the tips and tricks. I am encouraged to try at home as my kids love macarons. Great choice of sample flavors, too. Thank you, Claire!!

@tishcondado483 9 ай бұрын

She is such perfectionist . I love you Clair 😂

@user-ds5km3mt6j 10 ай бұрын

Claire! Such a great teacher!. Thank you NYT , as a subscriber, for bring us Claire.

@crazycenta3 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this video. Really appreciate the troubleshooting as well! Super insightful

@hpgla 9 ай бұрын

Claire! I've always wanted to see you doing macarons! You are so good at explaining!

@donnawolff5956 10 ай бұрын

I've gained a better understanding of the process to success here than in an all day, expensive class I took and you've once again made the mysterious approachable. Thank you.

@jackfahey4610 10 ай бұрын

Thank you NYT , as a subscriber, for bring us Claire

@lindamcneil711 10 ай бұрын

Claire just does recipes well. The science, the technique, and the flavor.

@Rosa7388 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining macronage so well😭!!!!!!! I feel like everyone else was omitting important details. Seeing the texture and having it explained how Claire did makes so much more sense. I feel like I can try macarons again. I've only had luck with 2 batches after many attempts and one of those was my very first attempt. Now I feel more secure in navigating the process.

@cptntwinkletoes 10 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing, I've seen a bunch of recipes saying a specific number of folds, etc, but I feel like this way of explaining exactly how and what to look out for makes it much more approachable and probably more consistent

@sachabkitty 7 ай бұрын

This is the best explanation of macarons I ever watched! Thank you so much!

@Karenaboutfairness 8 ай бұрын

I worked at a bakery that sold macarons for almost $3 per cookie years ago before inflation and since I loved them I thought I can make these at home and save tons of money and so now I do. It's definitely a labor of love and takes time and precision but definitely worth it when you can get them perfect 😍🤤 a kitchen scale is crucial for macarons too. Measuring cups are different even though they aren't supposed to be. I learned to fold not stir and mine come out great. You just have to be very very precise with the recipe. Baking is a science.

@crystalallen7786 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this! This is the very first time that I accomplished macarons! I followed your your instructions, and I am so glad I did.

@iliatimpanaro9605 10 ай бұрын

This woman is amazing! I could listen to her explaining baking for hours

@susanharrell2629 9 ай бұрын

Very helpful! Excited to try making these.

@juliannedevincentis6118 10 ай бұрын

Omg Claire thank you for this. Making them tonight because apparently I knew nothing about macarons and now I must try again!

@FRANCENEKELLY 10 ай бұрын

Best cooking teacher on the planet. Love your beautiful pronunciation of French words. Appreciate the respect it shows to the country of origin. Love you and what you do, Claire!

@user-nc8lj7rk6e 10 ай бұрын

I've tried to make macaron a few times and it never felt like I did it correctly😅 and I've been waiting for Claire to do her version for sooo long. I'm positive that when I try her recipe it will work🤩

@AndreaThornton-co9ic 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your special gifts with us. ❤

@TamaraKane 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad you said macarons and not macaroons because macaroons are a completely different cookie made with coconut and they require much more chewing. I love both, but macarons are more delicate. I loved the show on Hulu called "The Great," a funny soap opera version of Catherine the Great; but, they kept calling French macarons "macaroons." So, if anyone else has been saying it wrong, you're not alone! And I don't have a major problem with it or anything like that, but for the sake of everyone's cookie enjoyment, I hope you'll all get to try both kinds of cookies in your lifetime so you can see what they have in common, and how they're very different. 😊

@Opalgal 9 ай бұрын

The best video! She explained it all so amazingly

@siljekarlsen6343 9 ай бұрын

CLAIRE!! Im crying. I've missed her so much, omg

@mia9238 6 ай бұрын

Great video!! You explain everything so well! 😊

@amypeckham 10 ай бұрын

Claire! Such a great teacher!

@Neilpoe 10 ай бұрын

I adore Claire and I adore macarons! Thank you.

@arlenesolis024 10 ай бұрын

❤OMG, this is a great recipe. One of my favorite things to do is to bake with my niece. It is our favorite time together and we can not wait to make this recipe. THANK YO CLAIRE❤👩‍🍳

@nat6907 17 күн бұрын

The first time I baked macarons I ran out of pans and I used a pizza pan to bake my shells and the pizza pan actually ended up working just as well if not better than the baking sheet size the recipe called for

@phos5990 20 күн бұрын

i like how she explains the why behind decisions

@ItsMe-fs4df 10 ай бұрын

Great entertaining and informative video. You learn so much more from failed experiments 😂 So I really appreciate the troubleshooting section (with examples) Thanks Claire 🥰

@anix2457 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful tutorial Claire Thank you 😃

@maryakhan88 Ай бұрын

Claire!!! You're amazing! thank you for such a detailed recipe. have been meaning to attempt macarons but just couldn't because all the recipes i've watched felt like weren't complete. This is so comprehensive

@EverettWilson 10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I got into cooking during this era of chef educators.

@pallaviullal9782 7 ай бұрын

Made the mistake of trying two other recipes for my first attempts at macrons which failed spectacularly. I tried Claire's for my third and they came out wonderfully and were so delicious. Claire has yet to disappoint, and I won't be making that mistake again! Thanks Claire and NYT!

@cassandrafine6373 5 ай бұрын

I have silicone sheets with the rounds already built in, so that'll make the sizing easier to determine for same size macaroons. Looking forward to following the recipe for success!!

@Michelleiscul 8 ай бұрын

Yay! So good to see Claire still working on things here on KZfaq!!

@violetviolet888 8 ай бұрын

She has her own channel.

@kathyyoung7743 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your video, explaining the possible faults as well as taking us throughout the whole process. I can't wait to give them a try! thank you!

@kathyyoung7743 5 ай бұрын

BTW - where can I view the recipes?

@timmygeeez3694 10 ай бұрын

Its 2am, and i dont know why i’m watching claire❤ lol soooo good as always 🥰

@user-tc8nv9xg7p 9 ай бұрын

This was a great tutorial. I’m going to try and make some Myself. Thanks Claire!

@elizabethclaiborne6461 4 ай бұрын

There is nothing so good as watching artists make their art!

@auntiedough2488 2 ай бұрын

Great watch and worth the half hour. I learned so much and can’t wait to try some chocolate and raspberry ones this weekend thanks for the In-depth tutorial

@d.c.104 5 ай бұрын

Macarons 101! This is the best tutorial on macarons ever. So detailed.

@user-mw6ek4ig6g 10 ай бұрын

Thank for you all making long form food content

@rachelbrand 10 ай бұрын

oooh, i love it when i'm early at a Claire video! best baking teacher on the internet.

@ryph3 9 ай бұрын

her way of explaining things is so impressive

@tetrulz 9 ай бұрын

What ive learnt from this video is that "just buy macrons"

@victoriar.4561 5 ай бұрын

I have been making macarons for a while now and have been struggling with consistency. Thank you for the tips how to test batter. It helped a lot.

@chitowntexan 10 күн бұрын

Love the video. Very detailed. Thank you 😊

@stesanie82 3 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for all the tips!

@homayounazarnoush5699 2 ай бұрын

Perfect explanation, thanks 🌸

@karagordo1991 8 ай бұрын

Omg this made my mouth water 🤤 these are my favourite desserts

@scpatl4now 9 ай бұрын

I make mint macarons for a party a friend was having and people loved them. These are definitely special occasion baking. You might need to try making them a couple of times, but seriously once you get the technique down, the sky really is the limit with flavors

@gywong 9 ай бұрын

Wow, those look amazing. Expertly instructed in every minute detail by Professor Saffitz. Bravo.

@laurenhathaway496 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been waiting for you to show us macarons for so long!

@BuildingHP 10 ай бұрын

This was delightful 🙏

@itslucien 10 ай бұрын

the way claire makes me feel like i can do anything when watching her videos

@NiGHTSaturn 9 ай бұрын

Claire, you’ve been to Montreal for studies, you GOTTA say Macaron like you do. I’m glad you did ❤.

@user-kx5lb3br3x 4 ай бұрын

I am LIVING for this gal!

@mominetti 10 ай бұрын

Mmmm, they all look so beautiful and delicious!🤤😋 The one thing I would do differently to raspberry macarons is that I would use “ruby chocolate” for the ganache filling. I would try it with ruby chocolate because, it already has that berry flavour and by adding raspberry purée it would intensify the raspberry flavour, I think. Yum!

@jessholdorff4953 10 ай бұрын

This is the best educational baking video ever

@jenniferclyde8911 10 ай бұрын

I was just thinking about learning how to make macarons!! Good timing for me 😆 pistachio macarons here I come

@jamesktucker979 9 ай бұрын

Claire is wonderful instructor.

@jeanneknight4791 4 ай бұрын

I had terrible macarons in Europe from what I too late realized is a chain that purports to specialize in macarons. If I had never had one from anywhere else, I would never try them again because they were way too sweet. This tutorial gives me hope I could achieve something edible at home though I am sure I will have the error plate in majority. I love Claire! Binging in February!