Macarons sticking to silicone mat

Do you need a special macaron silicone mat to make perfect macarons? My review with the difference between a mat and parchment for baking and how to use mats best.

Your macarons will stick to the silicone mat if they are undercooked. Bake your macarons for minutes longer than when using parchment paper for the macarons to be easily peeled from the silicone baking mat. Let them cool for at least 20 minutes before trying to remove the macarons. Then peel the macarons off of the silicone baking mat and fill them. Silicone baking mats cannot have any oily residue, or particulate present on the baking mat when using them for macarons. The macarons will absorb the oil while baking, making the macarons very difficult to get off of the silicone baking mat.

Macarons sticking to silicone mat

Your macarons will stick to the silicone mat if they are undercooked. Bake your macarons for minutes longer than when using parchment paper for the macarons to be easily peeled from the silicone baking mat. Let them cool for at least 20 minutes before trying to remove the macarons. Then peel the macarons off of the silicone baking mat and fill them. Silicone baking mats cannot have any oily residue, or particulate present on the baking mat when using them for macarons. The macarons will absorb the oil while baking, making the macarons very difficult to get off of the silicone baking mat. To remove oily residue from the silicone baking mat, wash it with soap and water and rinse to let dry. If the oily residue is still present, pour boiling water on the silicone baking mat and it will clean the baking mat perfectly to use for your macarons. Macarons need fresh aluminum baking pans to cook well. If your baking pan is old, unfortunately the macarons will stick to silicone and even parchment paper. Macarons need the conductivity of aluminum to cook evenly and for the temperature to be evenly distributed while baking.

So I bought a macaron silicone mat to experiment and help you decide if it's worth buying one or not.

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Do you need a special macaron silicone mat to make perfect macarons? My review with the difference between a mat and parchment for baking and how to use mats best. For all the macarons I've churned out over the years, I only ever needed good quality parchment paper to make macarons successfully. I had never before used a silicone macaron mat. So when I saw them in specialised baking shops and advertised online, I figured they make your macarons even easier to bake and turn out perfect, right? So I bought a macaron silicone mat to experiment and help you decide if it's worth buying one or not.

Macarons sticking to silicone mat

Parchment paper or silicone mat? I used parchment paper for a long time when I first started making macarons, but now years later I can say convincingly, that using silicone baking mats is a much more superior experience and I like them a lot more. Nevertheless, I still recommend trying both of them to find out what works best for you!

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What can I do? By the time the batter spread out a little as they normally do , some of my piping wasn't directly in the centre. I've been piping directly onto parchment paper, without any template. Remove any oily residue from the pan by washing it with soap and water. Here is my easy recipe for Mendiants using it. So check your sizes first as I recommend above. Thanks for saving us the trouble of falling for this gizmo. Thanks for your sweet words. It sounds like your batter is slightly on the liquid side. Thanks for the prompt response Jill. Hi Evelyn, suggest a light oil such as grape seed oil, but very little of it.

Your macarons will stick to the silicone mat if they are undercooked. Bake your macarons for minutes longer than when using parchment paper for the macarons to be easily peeled from the silicone baking mat.

Once you have a batter that's manageable, then it will be easy to pipe out using a plain tip right onto the baking paper. Look at how many I managed to pipe out above on the mat compared with the usual free-hand piping on baking paper. The macarons will absorb the oil while baking, making the macarons very difficult to get off of the silicone baking mat. Expensive macaron mats are a luxury and not always needed to make perfect, round macarons. Have fun! Are you using my recipe from Mad About Macarons and sticking to the instructions? So I bought a macaron silicone mat to experiment and help you decide if it's worth buying one or not. Sorry to hear you saw this post a bit late and spent the money on a macaron mat but as I say here, you can use the mat to shape chouquettes and mendiants! If your baking pan is old, unfortunately the macarons will stick to silicone and even parchment paper. I am from Canada and the one I use is called "Culinary Parchment". I had finally gotten perfect Macs on parchment but moved to silicone and then took a break during which I bought a Mat like this and had do much failure.