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Welps. This is extremely disappointing.

1. I bought almond flour from Sprouts and turns out 1/3 are brown skin so sifting them took a long time

2. using the tiniest sauce pan i have with 165g sugar/55g water i dont know if my thermometer or candy thermometer was measuring correctly. I poured it down the side of the mixing bowl of my mixer after reaching 118deg C, or soft-ball stage. My meringue is sticky and forming what I wouldn't call a soft peak or a stiff peak

Is thermocouple thermometer required for accurate reading? What am I doing wrong here.

Thanks

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Travis__70949

Bobs Red Mill is the best.

Travis__70949

Candy thermometer is probably not reading the small amount, bring a large amount of sugar and water up to temp, pay close attention to how the bubbles look before and at temp and you can then replicate the look of the bubbles with a small amount of sugar, that is if you don't want to buy a thermocouples thermometer.

Wynn_Shang_82134

i am looking for a thermocouple but have no idea if the $20 one on amazon is even worth it

Wynn_Shang_82134

bought 4x1lb for $30. roughly the same as bought at sprouts