YW Mutual: French Macarons

I was so happy to share a new skill that I have recently gained to my Young Women in my Ward.  Over the last 2 years I have become addicted to a delightful, yet expensive, little treat: French Macarons.  It all started when Jason and I traveled to NYC and had some at the famous Ladurée macaron shop.  I couldn't stop buying them, but depending on where you buy them, they can range from $1 to $6 per cookie!  Well, I'm always up for a challenge, and so I began to do some research on how to make homemade French macarons.
Since then I am amazed with how popular they have become, and how many guides there online. Don't believe, just search for it on Pinterest!  I only had a couple of sources I could find and had to do a lot of experimenting to get good at making these bad boys, but I finally got it down to where I could consistently make delicious looking macarons.
It was fun to invite the Young Women to my place and let them learn the tips and tricks to making the macarons.  I let the girls pick the colors of the cookies and the frosting.  They had the neat idea to make the cookies different colors.  I hadn't done that yet, so it was fun to see them be creative, which I fully support in everyone!  I wasn't so sure of the color palette they went with, but honestly it didn't look too bad.  Blue, purple, and orange... how bad can it be?  To me it screams '80s, but neon colors are back in, right?  I wanted to teach the girls just the simple vanilla recipe, and then from there gave them suggestions on what to do next.  I do have to mention that my favorite add-ins are Nutella and lavender (never together, yuck!).  
We had a great time making the macarons, and since there is so much down time letting them air dry and then bake that we played games and just goofed off.
Overall, I would say it was a very successful mutual night!