Today I baked my first coconut macaroons, a chance to try out my new baking toy, a Silpat, otherwise known as a silicon baking mat, designed to be thoroughly non-stick. It looks like a thin sheet of plastic, but is usable in oven temperatures up to just below broiling, and in freezers. Happily, it also washes easily, which meant I didn't have to wait for the baking sheet to cool before transferring the macaroons and doing the next batch. It took me several batches to figure out the right temperature and baking time for the macaroons. I knew our oven ran hot, but perhaps it's running hotter than I thought it was. My next kitchen purchase will be an oven thermometer.
Coconut
Today I baked my first coconut macaroons, a chance to try out my new baking toy, a Silpat, otherwise known as a silicon baking mat, designed to be thoroughly non-stick. It looks like a thin sheet of plastic, but is usable in oven temperatures up to just below broiling, and in freezers. Happily, it also washes easily, which meant I didn't have to wait for the baking sheet to cool before transferring the macaroons and doing the next batch. It took me several batches to figure out the right temperature and baking time for the macaroons. I knew our oven ran hot, but perhaps it's running hotter than I thought it was. My next kitchen purchase will be an oven thermometer.
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