Jordan Marsh Macaroon Recipes

JORDAN MARSH'S BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375.
• Cream the butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar until light.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• Crush 1/2 cup blueberries with a fork, and mix into the batter. Fold in the remaining whole berries.
• Line a 12 cup standard muffin tin with cupcake liners, and fill with batter. Sprinkle the 3 teaspoons sugar over the tops of the muffins, and bake at 375 degrees for about 30-35 minutes.
• Remove muffins from tin and cool at least 30 minutes. Store, uncovered, or the muffins will be too moist the second day, if they last that long.

JORDAN MARSH STYLE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, cream together shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, and stir into egg mixture alternately with the milk. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake in preheat oven for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake for 30 minutes more, until golden.

ALMOND MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients until blended. Drop mixture by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets., Bake 16-20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Drizzle cookies with melted chocolate; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.

ALMOND MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and lightly butter a baking sheet.
• In a food processor pulse 1 cup almonds with granulated sugar until ground fine. Add egg white, almond extract, and a pinch salt and pulse until combined. Roll mixture into 16 balls, about 1 inch in diameter, and arrange about 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Slightly flatten balls and dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. Gently press 1 almond into each cookie.
• Bake macaroons in middle of oven 10 minutes, or until pale golden. Transfer macaroons to a rack and cool completely. Macaroons keep 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature.

GILCHRIST MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300. Chop the almond paste, add the sugar and work with fingers ntil blended. Add the egg whites, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Use only enough egg white to make a soft "dough" that will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon. Add the salt and vanilla. Force through round pastry tube, well apart, in rounds on unglazed paper that fits cookie shet. Sprinkle with sugar and bake about 20 minutes. Remove the sheet of cookies to a damp cloth, paper side down, to loosen the cookies for easy removal. Cool on rack. Makese about 3 dozen.

JORDAN MARSH STRAWBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar, then add eggs, flour, baking powder, milk and mix well.
• Dredge berries in additional flour before adding to mixture to prevent them from sinking to the bottom (very important).
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and sprinkle a little sugar on top.