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Pumpkin Pie Macarons Recipe

Pumpkin Pie Macarons Recipe

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Delight your taste buds with these adorable Pumpkin Pie Macarons. A perfect blend of pumpkin pie flavors in a bite-sized treat!

Ingredients

Scale

Macaron Shells:

  • 106 grams almond meal
  • 106 grams powdered sugar
  • 41 grams egg whites
  • 45 grams egg whites
  • 115 grams granulated sugar
  • 79 grams water
  • Dash of cream of tartar or lemon juice
  • Orange and brown powdered or gel food coloring

Coconut Oil Pie Crust:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp ice cold water
  • Granulated sugar and cinnamon for dusting (optional)

Vanilla Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup organic shortening or vegan butter
  • 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp confectioners sugar
  • Seeds from 1/4 vanilla bean
  • Pinch of salt
  • Dash of non-dairy milk

Pumpkin Pie Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup shortening (plant-based butter or dairy butter)
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Pinch of salt

Garnish:

  • Pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

  1. Macaron shells: Wipe down the mixing bowl and whisk with vinegar. Prep ingredients and piping bag. Combine almond meal & powdered sugar. Make meringue with sugar syrup. Fold meringue into dry mix. Pipe rounds on baking sheet and rest. Bake and cool.
  2. Coconut Oil Pie Crust: Preheat oven. Mix flour, salt, and coconut oil. Add water and form crust. Roll out, cut shapes, and bake.
  3. Vanilla Frosting: Mix shortening, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Transfer to piping bag.
  4. Pumpkin Pie Frosting: Mix shortening, sugar, pumpkin, spice, vanilla, and salt. Transfer to piping bag.
  5. Assembly: Match macaron shells. Pipe pumpkin frosting on one shell, add crust cutout, more frosting, and top with another shell. Pipe vanilla frosting on top, dust with pumpkin pie spice.

Notes

  • Be careful not to overmix the macaron batter.
  • Ensure proper skin formation on macaron shells before baking.
  • Bake pie crust shapes until light golden brown.
  • Decorate with pumpkin pie spice for a finishing touch.

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Keywords: Pumpkin Pie Macarons, Dessert, French Cuisine, Baking, Vegetarian, Holiday Treat