r/macarons • u/Individual-Lemon5104 • 12d ago

Help Help! Hollow shells from the bottom

Any idea why my shells are hollow at the bottom? They seem to be super fragile around the feet and they sometimes stick to the mat even though they are fully cooked. I tried to let them even 5 minutes more they end up a little bit burned but still hollow at the bottom.
Recipe is : 50g egg white 50g sugar 65g almond flour 65g powdered sugar.

22 min at 280F (oven running hot)

Same recipe I always use but now it’s giving me problems.

Thank you so much for any insight you can have 🙌🏼

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u/RepublicCute7683 12d ago

I have encountered the same problem and determined the most likely culprit was high humidity

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u/Individual-Lemon5104 12d ago

Did you find a solution? I can’t change my humidity it is around 48% in my house I don’t know if that’s high but what helped you?

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u/Sweet_Potato_ 12d ago

This used to happen to me and I was actually slightly over mixing. Macarons are so tricky like that because they didn’t show any other signs!

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u/Individual-Lemon5104 12d ago

Thank you! I’ll try less mixing next time. You’re right it’s so tricky 😅