List of Every Ingredient and Tool You Need to Make Macarons

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What ingredients do you need to make macarons?

Yes. You have to whip the egg whites 20-30 minutes with a stand mixer to make macarons.

Sift and weigh icing sugar and almond flour
Weigh egg whites and separate into your stand mixer and mixing bowl
Start the egg whites with the stand mixer on high
Weigh sugar and water
Use a thermometer to get the sugar and water to 118 degrees C exactly. Do not mix the sugar and water at all during the heating process
Mix the egg whites in the mixing bowl with the icing sugar and almond flour to create a paste
Pour the sugar mixture down the side of the stand mixer bowl while it’s mixing on low-med
Whip the stand mixer egg whites and sugar syrup together until you can turn the bowl upside down and nothing moves
Mix the meringue with the almond paste until it flows like lava
Pipe the mixture onto a Silpat mat and let sit for 30 min
Bake for 12-14 min at 300 degrees F
Let cool at room temperature on the mat
Fill the macarons

Yes.

Old baking pans that don’t conduct heat well
Not whipping your egg white meringue until you can turn it upside down in the bowl
Not getting the temperature of the sugar syrup up to the correct temperature
Mixing the macaron batter too much or too little
Not using a scale to measure ingredients