Vanilla Meringue Cookies
Holiday dinners often feature rich, heavy desserts. So we suggest you also offer these, light, airy morsels.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen65 ServingsPrep: 20 min. Bake: 45 min. + standing
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 1-1/2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Dash salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
Directions
- Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature for
- 30 minutes. Add the vanilla, cream of tartar and salt; beat on
- medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1
- tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and
- sugar is dissolved, about 7 minutes.
- Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a
- #32 star tip. Fill bag with egg white mixture. Pipe
- 1-1/4-in.-diameter cookies onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
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- Bake at 250° for 40-45 minutes or until set and dry. (Turn oven
- off; leave cookies in oven for 1 hour.) Carefully remove from
- parchment paper. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 5
- dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 10 calories, trace fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 2 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber,