that's why tonight, i had an urge to try macarons.
after i got over the initial disappointment that it was not possible to make one in each flavour (i tried that with icing on cookies once, it was much more time-consuming than it was worth), i settled on a nice, easy chocolate-mint. the pastel colours are, after all, the thing that attracts me most to the art of macaron-making. i was too impatient to pay attention to the finer details (measuring by weight rather than volume because i don't have a scale, sifting twice because i don't have a sifter, aging the egg white for three days because i wanted macarons NOW), but they still turned out okay.
a little brown around the edges, but my oven does that to everything. they also baked up taller, but flattened a lot when they cooled. this could be a result of my using fresh egg whites, or too-coarse almonds, or simply not being careful enough while taking them out of the oven. i've left out some eggs and i'm going to try to find some almond flour, so i'll try again in a few days. i think i'll try lemon next time. mmm.
other than baking, here's what i've been doing for the past few days:
that's my baby-painting setup, horrible lighting included. there's not much open space in my house, so i've taken over the living room. which has lots of good window-light in the daytime, but only one lamp at night, which is when i do most of my work. but the babies are coming along nicely. i have two dresses pretty much done, one about halfway, and one that i have yet to start (i need to get the measurements of the guy who will be wearing it). in addition to that, i have a scarf, a tie, a pair of shorts, a bedspread, and a bassinet to make. this is turning out to be quite the commitment.
You are so cool. How will you make the bassinet?
ReplyDeletei have absolutely no idea.
ReplyDeleteit also has to be big and strong enough to hold a teenage boy.
Wowsers. I guess that's a pretty decent challenge for a future sculpture student. Good luck. :)
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