Meringue Cookies
"Adapted from foodnetwork.com"
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1 dozen
ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄4 cup superfine sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa (optional, mixed with 1 tbsp sugar)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg white until foamy.
- Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy but not at all dry. (Be careful not to over beat.).
- Add the sugar gradually. When 1/2 of the sugar has been added, add the vanilla extract.
- Continue beating and adding remaining sugar in batches, until all of the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and tight.
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
- Working one tablespoon at a time, push a tablespoon of meringue onto the lined baking sheet, leaving 1-inch of space between cookies.
- Place baking sheet in the preheated oven and turn the oven off.
- Leave the cookies (undisturbed) in the oven for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, or until cookies are crisp and dry.
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