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Macarons and Murder [A Yolanda’s Yummery Cozy Mystery, Book 4] – Book Trailer

Yolanda's Yummery is abuzz with excitement as Yolanda prepares for Valentine's Day, but a shocking discovery threatens to derail her celebrations. With the help of Detective Churchill, she sets out to uncover the truth behind the murder mystery, all while juggling her yummery, a potential killer, and a web of deceit. A thrilling tale of love, betrayal, and hidden agendas. Will Yolanda unravel the mystery before it's too late?

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 17: Macaroons vs. Macarons

Macaron is spelled correctly. Also, as it’s French, it’s pronounced as mah-kah-ron. Whenever I see it with a double o, I think of the coconut cookies. I like coconut macaroons, but they’re a completely different cookie.

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 16: Chocolate & Raspberry Macarons

As a huge fan of chocolate, I decided to combine that with a dollop of homemade raspberry jam in the center of each macaron. All I had to do in advance was make the jam and the chocolate ganache.

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Chocolate Espresso Ganache Filling Recipe
Kitchen Soap for Chefs: 4 Easy Melt & Pour Soap Recipes ~ The eBook
French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 9: Chocolate Mint Macarons

At first, all was great with the meringue. It had the standard stiff peaks and to get that lovely minty color, I added 7 drops of gel food coloring. And that was followed with one drop of pure peppermint essential oil. So it looked and smelled like chocolate mint chip ice cream.

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 8: Lemon Macaron Recipe

My third batch of lemon macarons behaved nicely! Drying time took 30 minutes, I didn’t add any lemon zest and when I peeked into the oven after 9 minutes I saw pretty yellow shells with feet!

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 7: Pistachios & Vanilla

I colored the batch green because of the pistachio flour. It also contained that marvelous vanilla bean paste which gives it more flavor and added interest to the shells. These shells came out flat but with feet.

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 2: More Macarons + Strawberry Buttercream Filling Recipe

The macaron saga continues as I want to test the King Arthur “super finely ground” almond flour I’d found for a dollar less at Walmart. I also wanted to try a strawberry buttercream filling because I love strawberries and the idea of a buttercream filling seemed decadent to me.

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