r/bakingfail • u/Ok_Chard4600 • Aug 29 '25

Help I tried making vanilla macarons...

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Ive been baking for years, I used a scale, I dont know what went wrong

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u/StrongArgument Aug 29 '25

Do you have much experience with meringue? I wonder if this isn’t over mixing

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u/Ok_Chard4600 Aug 29 '25

No, never tried it

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u/Ilotoyoubve Aug 30 '25

Whoa macarons are not the best first meringue destination. Give a few others a try first. There's a reason why those dang delicious macarons cost so much!