First Attempt Completed

Here they are. Looking a little messy but tasting pretty good. The recipe for the filling is on David Lebovitz's website and it is just 15 pitted prunes, 2.5 oz finely chopped milk chocolate and two tablespoons of cognac. I chopped the prunes in my food processor and they are a bit sticky and chunky. But after adding in the melted chocolate and the cognac it all smooths out. After the filling has cooled and the meringue cookies are completely cool, just add the filling to the flat side of one cookie and put another cookie on top.

The meringue cookies have ground almonds in them instead of flour. I used raw almonds and ground them in my coffee grinder. My food processor is somewhere between 25 and 30 years old and doesn't quite seem to have the power to grind up the almonds.

Since this first batch I have made macarons four more times. I have started using Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal/Flour and even though it is ground, I still grind it again in the coffee grinder. I have also learned that it is best to use organic powdered sugar because it does not contain cornstarch.