Gold Painted Macarons
Step by step instructions to show you how to make Gold Painted Macarons for a Golden Birthday or holiday party. These cookies are sparkly and beautiful.
Servings 26 cookies (approx.)
Equipment
- 1 Paint palette dedicated to food
- 1 food grade paintbrush
- 1 disposable transfer pipette
Ingredients
- 1 batch Nut Free French Macarons or Oatmeal Cream Pie Macarons untinted or tinted with gold food coloring gel
- Gold luster dust
- Everclear or vodka
- Edible gold glitter
Instructions
Making the Macarons
- For a more intense gold color, tint the macaron batter with gold food coloring gel. The gel is added while the egg whites are being whipped.
- After your macaron shells have completely cooled, you can paint them with the gold luster dust suspension, or you can fill them and paint them after.
Make the Gold Luster Dust Suspension
- Pour some gold luster dust into the well of a food-dedicated paint palette.
- Fill a small bowl with Everclear or vodka. Use a plastic transfer pipette to transfer a few drops of alcohol to the well with the dust. Stir it around with a food grade paintbrush to make the gold suspension.
- Add more luster dust or more alcohol as needed, depending on the consistency of the suspension. As you use the suspension on the macarons, you will need to remake more in the same well. The alcohol evaporates quickly, so if you don't use it right away, you will need to add another drop or two to get the suspension back to the original consistency.
Paint the Macarons
- Paint the shells before or after filling.
- Dip the paintbrush into the liquid gold and then quickly brush across the surface and sides of the macaron shells. For gold tinted shells, paint the flat underside of the shells around the edges that might show when the cookies are sandwiched.
- Sprinkle the shells with edible gold glitter for extra sparkle, if desired.
- Because the alcohol evaporates very quickly, the shells will be dry quickly. If you painted the shells before filling, proceed with filling the macarons. If you painted the shells after filling, you may want to paint one side, let dry, then flip the macaron and paint the other side.
Storage
- After the alcohol has evaporated from the macarons, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to serve.
- Allow them to come almost to room temperature before serving so the filling can soften.
Notes
Nut Free French Macarons recipe HERE
Nut Free Oatmeal Cream Pie Macarons recipe HERE
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