Donna Hays Macaron mixture. Fail.

After two attempts or maybe three of failed Macarons, i was thinking maybe its the ingredients that was the problem (http://macaronsecrets.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-first-macarons.html) here is my first attempt. have a look.. i laughed... hehe

so i went out to the supermarket and found this:

i got this picture off google as i did not take a photo of the box .. so no i didnt make those perfect ones in the picture haha 

it was cool because there was an egg mixture in there already, meaning...nothing could go wrong this time right?? WRONG

I followed the packet instructions very throughly and carefully.. and here are the pictures:

looks pretty good so far... 

then i piped them in the tray, notice how i buttered the tray so that it wont stick. i thought it was genius!!

came out of the oven, and i see the feet around them... looks pretty good.. i was excited!! 

they didnt stick because of my genius butter the pan before technique.. but they were hard and crunchy. like crunchy cookies.. 

i filled the filling anyway... and they looked like this: 

and this is what turned out when i piped them onto a tray..  it cracked. 

in conclusion... maybe its not the mixture..maybe its the maker. ITS ME i did something wrong.. 

so i thought i would try again.. a few days later.. (post to come later)

OH YEAH.

these macarons, the bin ate majority of it. LUCKY BIN!