Upstage Everyone This Year with These Holiday Macarons

Spending the holidays in Paris this year? Me neither. BUT you can bring a little piece of that beautiful city to your own kitchen—with a holiday twist of course. Macarons are delicious and also make for a beautiful Instagram post. They actually look way more complicated to make than you'd think. So let's crank up the holiday music and get baking.

Eggnog and Candy Cane Macarons

• Prep Time:1 hr 30 mins
• Cook Time:15 mins
• Total Time:1 hr 45 mins
• Servings:8
• Medium

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup almond flour
• buttercream frosting
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• candy canes

• Step 1

  Sift together almond flour and powdered sugar, making sure the ingredients are well mixed.

  

• Step 2

  In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with a mixer until white and foamy.

  

• Step 3

  Gradually add granulated sugar and continue mixing until meringue is thick and has hard peaks.

  

• Step 4

  Quickly add in dry ingredients and fold in to the meringue.

  

• Step 5

  Put batter in a pastry bag and squeeze into circles on a baking tray that's been lined with parchment paper. Let the tray sit out for an hour at room temperature.

  

• Step 6

  Once the cookies have a thin 'shell' (you can touch it without the batter sticking to your finger), bang the tray against the counter to get out air bubbles and bake at 285° F for 10-15 minutes.

  

• Step 7

  While the shells are cooking, divide buttercream frosting into two separate bowls. In one, add cinnamon and nutmeg; stir well. This is your eggnog-flavored frosting.

  

• Step 8

  Once shells have cooled, fill half with the eggnog-flavored frosting. Fill the other half with plain frosting and then roll them in crushed candy canes (don't roll eggnog macarons in the candy canes).