Baking Goal #1: French Macarons

Macarons are colorful, delicate and delicious little French sandwich cookies. The almond flour and egg white based meringue cookie can be tricky to master. There are so many recipes out there it's hard to choose which one will work best.

After a miserable failure with the first attempt earlier this month, I had success on Valentine's Day. Thank goodness because I gave them to J for Valentine's Day! It was a surprise. We don't celebrate this holiday but went off script this year. He surprised me with a Winnie the Pooh water globe for my collection.

After the first failure, I went in search of a new recipe and watched lots of videos on YouTube. The tutorial and recipe that I picked comes from Preppy Kitchen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-Yz78dFgjKQ&feature=emb_logo

I watched the video multiple times over several weeks, and on Valentine's Day I finally conquered my baking goal for macaron cookies. I also surprised J. It's hard to surprise my husband because he doesn't ask or expect gifts for holidays or his birthday. In the 18 years we've been together, I believe I surprised him three times. If he wants something, he just goes out and buys it. Gift giving is hard with this man.