when you make your favorite

I've been obsessing over French Macarons, they are by far my favorite cookie! and yes, that is exactly what they are... a fancy cookie.
I really don't know many people who would be intimidated to bake cookies, but I Was, about this particular special cookie. If you look up a recipe online you will find hundreds of variations, complexities, and crazy techniques. Why? from weighing ingredients for precision to fluctuating oven temperatures to achieve the right texture; I was just scared to mess up the one thing I really wanted to make.
But I just went for it and I did it....and the results....awesomeness!!

I am super proud of myself, it may seem like not very much but this is huge for me...they came out fantastic and on my first try!!
I have been following nutmegandhoneybee on instagram for a while and was so in awe with all of her work. She makes the pretties macarons that I've seen. I decided to watch her macaron tutorial on her youtube channel and found that it look easy enough for me to finally try it.

She is such a cute girl with lots of personality, and her casual, no-fuss way of making macarons convinced me that I should give it a try.
The instructions are super easy, no crazy measurements or anything like that, really just straightforward.

  I used lemon extract to flavor the cookies and used different fillings...strawberry marmalade, orange marmalade, and dark chocolate ganache. They were delicious!! I seriously can't wait to try other flavor combinations...nothing stops me now! Yay!!

xo