We drove an hour out to Buffalo, MN this morning to take a macaron class at Abundant Kitchen led by owner Becki Melvie.

Black letter board sign reading WELCOME TO MACARONS on a white table beside a jar of red pens, flowers in a yellow vase, and a recipe handout on a teal tray. Person in apron using a piping bag to pipe orange macaron batter onto a parchment-lined baking sheet in a commercial kitchen

Melvie shared that the recipe was taught to her by Nikkolette of Nikkolette’s Macarons, which we have had before and thought were amazing! The recipe had a lot of precision with all ingredients in grams. I didn’t find the macarons that complicated, but they are definitely very fussy. I tend to like things that are fussy, like fancy coffee. 😁

Four people in black Abundant Kitchen aprons sift flour at a stainless steel counter inside a commercial kitchen. Four people in black Abundant Kitchen aprons smile while holding a baking sheet lined with blue macaron shells in a professional kitchen. Teal French macaron sandwich cookies of varying sizes arranged on a wire cooling rack atop a stainless steel kitchen counter.

Our blue macaron shells came out well but had a pretty wide variety of sizes. Not bad though for our first try!

Orange macaron shells cooling on wire racks on a stainless steel table, with two jars of lemon curd and piping bags of cream filling in plastic cups nearby. Smiling man in a plaid shirt and black apron holds up a small orange macaron in a kitchen classroom setting.

The orange shells were made by the instructor and we filled them. This was my very first macaron that I made, and it was all gone in just two bites. 🤤