“Oh My! Pumpkin Pie!” Macarons

CHEF
Johnson & Wales Sophomore Kelcey Fleagle

TRULY GOOD FOODS INGREDIENT
Healthy Trails Mix™

PREPARATION TIME
35-45 minutes

COOKING TIME
15-25 minutes

SERVINGS: 10-20 macaroons

INGREDIENTS
1 cup Healthy Trails Mix™, separated

MACARONS
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 large egg whites, room temperature
Pinch of cream of tartar
¼ cup superfine sugar
½ tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
PUMPKIN RAISIN FILLING
¼ cup pumpkin purée
¼ cup cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp. orange juice
1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 tbsp. butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Separate nuts from raisins in Healthy Trails Mix™. Use a food processor to grind nuts to a powder, but do not let it grind to a butter. Sift the nut flour with confectioners’ sugar and pumpkin pie spice into a small bowl. In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until foamy; add cream of tartar and superfine sugar. Whip to a stiff peak. Sift nut flour over egg mixture and fold together. Scrape batter into a piping bag with round tip sized for desired macaron size. Pipe out identical rounds of batter and let sit until a light skin is formed. Lower oven to 325 degrees and bake macarons for 10 minutes, rotating halfway between. Let cool for 5 minutes, and then fill. To make filling, place raisins from Healthy Trails Mix™ into a food processor and process until chopped. Add the remaining filling ingredients and process until well blended. Scrape into a bag and pipe a small amount sandwiched between two macarons.