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Lemon Macaroons Cookies Recipe

Discover an very simple Lemon Macaroons Cookies Recipe!

Lemon Macaroons Cookies Recipe
Prep time20 min
Cook time10 min
Total time30 min
Serves50 macaoons:
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Nina L. Palmer
by Nina L. Palmer
Nina L. Palmer

Nina Palmer is a recipe developer and editor for Eatwell101 since 2013. She is passionate about food and culture and specializes in sweet recipes, desserts, baking, as well as developing editorial content.

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Updated Aug 14, 2025
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These Lemon Macarons are crisp and melting at once, with tart and fragrant lemon flavor; no one can resist. The lime gives a slight acidity which masks the sugar present into the lemon macaroons. If you’re so hungry for these delicious lemon macaroons, try to remember you must prepare them the night before!

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Difficulty: Easy

Times: Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients: Lemon Macaroons Recipe

For 50 macaroons:

  • 3 cups (250 g)  ground almonds
  • 2 cups (250 g) icing sugar
  • 1/2 cups (110 g)  brown sugar
  • 7 white eggs
  • 4 untreated limes

Preparation of ingredients for Lime Macaroons

The day before:
Wash and dry the lemons, then remove peel very thin.
Mix together the icing sugar, brown sugar and ground almonds.
Add the zest and egg whites and mix.
Pour into a container, cover with a damp cloth and a plate.
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Make Lemon Macaroons Recipe

The next day:
– Preheat oven to 350°F (180 °) C, gas mark 6. Place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray.
– Put the dough in a pastry bag and roll into small balls on the plate. Flatten balls slightly.
– Bake and lower the temperature to 300° F (150 °) C and cook for 5 minutes.

– Increase temperature to 410°F (210 °) C and cook 5 minutes. Remove the macaroons from the oven.
– Let them cool on a plate, then remove them from the parchment paper.

Wine accompaniment:  Try the lemon macarons with a limoncello .

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I’ll let you find the cream, mousse, or ganache that will marry best with the lime to the filling of these macarons.

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