Look at what I made!  I know these little French beauties have been the obsession on blogs for a while now, but I didn’t have the courage to try making them.  So I sat and admired everyone else’s macarons.  The beautiful colors and the tempting fillings became too much.  I got tired of admiring and wanted to eat so in December I poured over recipes and found my courage by reading Tartlette’s instructions.  My macarons turned out perfectly.  The stack pictured are clementine with chocolate ganache filling.  I also made chocolate with salted butter caramel filling but those didn’t stick around long enough for pictures.

I must admit, macarons are a little fussy but if you stay calm they are very simple to make.  One of the things I would like to do this year is to try cooking or baking at least two new things a month.  Having accomplished making the fragile macaron has definitely set me off on the right foot.