Cranberrymakronen // Cranberry Macaroons

When I'm writing this post it's midday of December 24th. Christmas is coming closer and I miss to celebrate it with my big family in Jakarta. Sometimes having two families and two homelands is not easy for making a decision where to celebrate Christmas this year. I wish next time I can have a tropical Christmas again.

These makronen are traditional German Christmas bake but it seems that Italy had made them popular. The word of macaroon comes from the Italian maccarone or maccherone.

Me and family wish you a Merry Christmas, frohe Weihnachten, Selamat Natal, feliz Navidad. May the joy of Christmas brings us peace in our heart.

Source: Lieblings-Weihnachtsplätzchen from GU

Ingredients:
150 gr dried cranberries (You can substitued with dried apricot)
50 gr grind almond
50 gr grind hazelnut
1 tsp vanilla pod
2 egg whites
A pinch of salt
100 gr confection' sugar
30 round wafers with 50mm diameter

Directions:
Preheat oven to 150C. Cover a baking tin with a parchment paper. Then finely chop the dried cranberries then combine with almond, hazelnut and vanilla pod

Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff then put confection' sugar into it little by little then beat again until it forms a thickly creamy baiser/merengue. Pour the cranberry mix into it and combine well using a spatula, slowly and don't stir

Put the batter on each round wafer. Bake in the middle of the oven about 15 to 17mins until they're crispy outside but still fluffy inside. Cool before serving