Sweet - pt 2

Well, by accident (seriously and honestly), our friends went to City Centre for dinner and called us to go out there. We had already sat down elsewhere, but was going to meet up just to hang out.

Their first review of Sweet wasn't very pleasant. Cupcake seemed fine, but the macarons were dry. I had it the day before this 2nd visit, and the cookie were moist but the jam filling had the two cookies moving around.

Here's the thing: it said to me that either A, they baked the cookies, put it together and immediate put it out there in the counter for sale; or B, the Texas heat is so hot that it warms up their store (even though they are not facing West) and heat up the baked goods; or C, the cookies been sitting in the non-refrigerated shelf all day and beginning to melt the fillings.
Honestly, a good macaron, jam filling or not, should still be together when the consumer is ready to enjoy it. If you were to make them at home, bake it, put it together, and put it in the fridge for at least couple of hours. So the filling has time to congeal with the cookies. Since the cookies are meringe, they're not absolvant like bread to soak up the filling. So, you want the filling to solidify and stand on its own.

Some people said that you should let it refridgerate for 24 hrs, I can't wait that long. But, if you can, more power to you. The other thing is that you need to also let it cool down before enjoying. Otherwise, the shell is too cold and will crumble.

Never have you got so many rules just for a cookie, huh?

Sweet
801 Town and Country Rd,
Ste A120
Houston, TX 77024
713-64-Sweet (79338)
www.sweethouston.com