Baking Resolution

I've decided that 2011 will be a year of baking for me.  It's something I've often mentioned, but the time for talk has passed; now is the time for action.  To start, I'm making good meringue cookies.  I dabbled with whipped egg whites last year, but my arm tired, and they often tasted eggy (which is a bad thing).

The first time I ever made meringue cookies was actually in my high school senior foods class, where we snuck Hershey's kisses in the middle of the cookie.  I hate Hershey's kisses.  Nothing against Milton, but I don't like milk chocolate.

Now, I'm using a recipe from my girlfriend's mom.  Kind of.  I'm just using the sugar to egg ratio and baking technique--which are the two most important parts of meringue--since it's too cold outside to get cocoa powder, and tend to shy away from chocolate cookies with chocolate chips.  I feel that with a normal cookie laden with chocolate chips, each chip is a chocolatey oasis to look forward to; and that anticipation of contrast is lost otherwise.