French Macaron Browning On Too Help!

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dream_cakes15 Posted 8 Jan 2019 , 7:38am
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After many and I do mean MANY trial and errors, I have finally learned how to make macarons with the perfect crisp on the outside and the right amount of chewiness bursting with flavors on the inside. 

Everything is perfect except for one little problem... I can’t seem to get the tops of the cookie from browning!

I bake the macarons on convection in the middle rack. So far I’ve tried putting a tray on the upper rack to sheild the direct heat. I lowered the heat from 320 to 300 and baked it a little longer. I’ve even pulled the tray out a minute earlier but nothing seems to work. I’d really like to give these as favors for my little boys birthday party coming up. I’m really hoping someone can help me with some suggestions I’d really appreciate it. Thank you!:)

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-K8memphis Posted 8 Jan 2019 , 6:09pm
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can you bake them in a deeper pan so the air can't blow? you could even make a parchment encampment for them so the convection will stop messing with you -- and congrats -- my first and only batch was fine and i'm holding right there -- ha!

https://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Paper-Box

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dream_cakes15 Posted 8 Jan 2019 , 6:42pm
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Thank you!:) What exactly is an parchment encampment? Do you think it would be better if I use a convention instead? Cause my oven has both options. 

Oh I know what you mean, I’ve been trying to avoid making these for quite awhile cause I heard how finicky they are lol. 

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-K8memphis Posted 9 Jan 2019 , 4:11pm
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I mean make a deep box so the hot air can't blow on the cookies and brown them -- the link tells you how to fold a box -- make it out of parchment with deep sides --

but if you can turn off the convection -- i'd do that first

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dream_cakes15 Posted 11 Jan 2019 , 5:50am
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Ok I’m gonna give it a shot. Thank you very much! @k8memphis

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