{"id":2824,"date":"2025-12-05T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2025-12-13T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:53:31","slug":"macaroons-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Macaroons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year we go to the Xmas Market and every year I crave Coconut Macaroons.  Love them.  Favouritest thing ever.  This year was no different.  We tracked the Macaroon shop down to Piccadilly Gardens and I approached.  The first thing I noticed was that they were about half the size of last year and the second thing was they were more expensive.  Robbing bastards.  I still bought them though &#8211; and yeah, they were excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of weeks later Emma and I were heading up to York to visit Amelia.  I enquired if there was anywhere on the York Xmas Market selling Macaroons.  Amelia thought not.  I was disappointed.  So I decided to make my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2881f2c654a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a2881f2c654a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251126_160221667-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251126_160221667-rotated.jpg 900w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251126_160221667-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251126_160221667-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">When I make Macaroons I make them the proper size &#8211; like the Xmas Market used to!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They turned out absolutely fantastic.  Two bags of dessicated coconut, a tin of evaporated milk and a drop of vanilla.  Boom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will definitely be making them again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year we go to the Xmas Market and every year I crave Coconut Macaroons. Love them. Favouritest thing ever. This year was no different. We tracked the Macaroon shop down to Piccadilly Gardens and I approached. 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