Peppermint Candy Cane French Macarons
Christmas time is truly my favorite time of the year. I know that a lot of people say that it is, but you see, I really, really mean it. When I was a kid, everyone in my family got into the spirit. My mom would make homemade peanut brittle, fudge, almond roca, and turtles with caramel from scratch. My dad made several different wooden Christmas decorations throughout the years- a full nativity scene, a gingerbread house, frosty the snowman, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus (the list goes on) and decorated the whole front yard with the cast of characters and lots of different kinds of lights. My contribution was pretty much publishing an enormous Christmas list complete with pictures and detail heavy descriptions. Wasn't I a humble child? Ha! I suppose I also contributed by helping decorating our Christmas tree and creating a set of demands and standards for our season decor. For instance, when my mother decided to buy an artificial tree when I was 15, I staged a...
