Easter Goodies

I decided to do a little baking while at my sister's place over the Easter weekend. Here are a few things I created with her.

Ginger Chewies


Easter Egg Cake Lollies

Earl Grey Macarons, Anyone?

Being from North America, whenever I heard the word macaron, this image of a pile of dried shredded coconut with some sort of chocolate sauce on it (don't let me get into what I think it looks like) came into my head. The thing is, I have this HUGE dislike for dried shredded coconut. When I say HUGE dislike, I really mean I HATE it. The texture, the taste. UGH! It is just so unappealing to me. Last year while I was in France, I went into quite a few boulangeries and I kept seeing these macarons and I kept thinking how cute they were but OH MY GAWD who wants to eat coconut? ICK!


Recenty, I was browsing through the epicurious website and found this recipe with meringue type of cookies that had a ganache type sandwich filling. Lo and behold, this is a macaron - well the French version of a macaron. If you have never tasted a French type of macaron, you really must try one. I kick myself everyday for not trying a French style macaron while in France.

With the recipe I found on epicurious, I made some earl grey macarons with a Bailey ganache filling. Here are a few photos to document my first macaron baking experience. I gotta say, those were pretty yummy!