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3. Make a Paste with Dry Ingredients
Stir together the almond flour, powdered sugar, and remaining egg whites to form a thick paste.
Test Kitchen Tip: Check the baking aisle or natural food/gluten-free section of a large grocery store for almond flour ($8, Target). It is typically made from blanched almonds (without skins). Almond meal, on the other hand, often has the skins ground in and may be a coarser grind. meringue paste in glass bowl with spatula
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4. Combine Macaron Ingredients
When the meringue and paste are folded together and adequately combined, the batter will be thick. It will flow off the spatula in a thick ribbon, and you can draw a figure 8 in the batter.
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