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Macadamia nut chocolate chip cookies
I was really craving chocolate chip cookies so I made these and used the macadamias from the freezer, a long ryone ago I actually peeled and dried and then had shelled some macadamias, but they have been hidden in the freezer forever, still delicious though!
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Dolma
I'm not sure where I'm getting these bursts of energy, but when I saw the grapevine had new leaves I decided to make dolma, here it is ready to bake.
Almost done
At this point I thought it was done but I really needed more time, the recipe I used didn't specify a temp so I went with 350 & i should have gone with 450
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Raspberry Lime Rickey Macarons
For this month's mac tweets, color my world challenge I made pink and green macs. Usually I don't color my macs so brightly so this was something new to me. I also made the mistake of making two batches (I should have just done one cut in two) so it was a long afternoon/evening of baking! However I'm really pleased with the colorful results!
I sandwiched a chocolate ganache with a tiny bit of raspberry jam which I mixed with lime juice and sugar and powdered sugar. I dubbed these raspberry lime rickey macarons as when I was a small child there was an ice cream shop in my home town (still is) and people would order this raspberry lime soda all the time. I had a blast making these for the Color my world challenge!
Raspberry Lime Rickey Macarons
Side view
Raspberry Lime Rickey Macarons
These were acting like dominos when I set up the photo shoot so i also did one of them fallen down (and added some more to show off the color).
Cornice and mini macs
I couldn't resist making some tiny macs for Cornice and mini Cornice, my pullip and mini pullip dolls.
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Macaron wine
I was shopping at Ralphs and saw both macarons and macaron wine. I might have purchased some macarons but they had no price. I also wanted the wine for after the baby comes but it is a much better deal if you buy 6 bottles and I just had this vision of everyone thinking I was a pregnant wino. I guess I'll have to go back with the captain to buy this later, but I'm thinking of a wine and macaron party after the baby comes and we've had a chance to recover from being zombies.
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Macaron Croquembouche
For the PJ crop that I attended on Saturday I made a macaron croquembouche which was filled with a vahlrona chocolate ganache and raspberry preserves.
I have to say these were the best I've ever made, and they were very similar to those I enjoyed in Paris at Pierre Herme...I'm really cracking the code on getting the texture just right.
In the light of day
It's so hard to capture color so I took a photo in the morning before the crop.
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Cherry Almond Scones
It's a day late but I made some scones and couldn't find my round cutter so I used my shamrock cookie cutter. I added some leftover ground almonds from my macaron making and dried bing cherries. Yum!
Happy belated St Patrick's Day!
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