Peanut Butter-Jam Macaroons

Serves: 4

Estell Schumm

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

40

Sweetness

51

Sourness

46

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Repeat with the remaining macaroons and jam

2

(These are best eaten within 1 day

3

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper

4

Use a small cookie cutter or drinking glass to trace thirty 1 1/2 -inch circles in rows on the paper, about 1 1/2 inches apart

5

Flip the paper over (you'll still be able to see the marks through the paper)

6

Finely grind the peanuts in a food processor

7

Add the almond flour and confectioners' sugar and pulse to make a fine powder

8

Sift twice through a fine sieve; discard any chunks

9

Beat the egg whites in a bowl with a mixer on high speed until foamy

10

Gradually add the granulated sugar and beat until soft peaks form

11

Add the vanilla and beat until stiff peaks form

12

Fold in half of the peanut mixture with a rubber spatula

13

Repeat with the remaining peanut mixture

14

Transfer the batter to a pastry bag with a 1/4 -inch round tip

15

Holding the bag perpendicular to the baking sheet, pipe mounds of batter into the traced circles on the parchment paper

16

Tap the baking sheets against the counter to help the batter settle

17

Let sit at room temperature until the tops are slightly crusty, about 15 minutes

18

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F

19

Bake the macaroons until slightly crisp, 13 to 15 minutes

20

Slide the parchment paper with the macaroons onto a rack to cool

21

Carefully remove the macaroons from the parchment paper

22

Spread 1 teaspoon jam on the flat side of a macaroon; top with another macaroon, flat side down

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) Photograph by Kana Okada