Tested: Ladurée de ma patience Part II

So I went through with making the macarons. I made a batch of 24 vanilla macarons which were about 1.5" and I'm quite surprised at how well they turned out.

Tested: Ladurée de ma patience, Part I: Ingredients

I remember one Christmas back in highschool (ah youth!) when one of my dear friends presented me with a box of homemade confectioneries. I was touched. So, in lieu of store bought gifts this Christmas, I've decided to give out homemade boxes of macarons. Given their recent popularity and the wide range of flavours possible the idea seems reasonable. Also, for those of you who equate "homemade" with "cheap", check out Pierre Hermé's macarons which fetch a pretty penny. We're talking 25 Euro for a dozen macarons. You do the math.