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French Macarons {a tasting}

By Megan | January 13, 2010January 13, 2010 by Megan

Even though I made Vanilla Macarons last week, I’d never tasted the authentic Parisian cookie. Until then I was simply in love with a cookie I’d never met. So today Jacob drove an hour to Cecilia’s Pastries to get real French macarons for us to sample so we could know for sure what they are supposed to taste like. They are amazing. Dreamy. Magical. Light. Pretty. chocolate + vanilla + coffee Now when I make macarons…

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Vanilla Macarons {a first attempt}

By Megan | January 5, 2010 by Megan

Tonight we got pizza for dinner so we wouldn’t mess up the clean kitchen. Then I made these macarons and a made a giant mess anyways. I’d say these are totally messy kitchen worthy. AND one bite of these and you’ll consider being called “vanilla” a compliment. I’ve been gazing at pictures of macarons for months and months, and now I’ve finally attempted to make them! The majority turned out pretty! Although, there were a…