French meringue cookies

Name: French meringue cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 4 egg whites at room temperature; 2 1/4 cup superfine sugar; Cream of tartar; Vanilla extract (optional)

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Very Easy

30 min

Ingredients

4 egg whites at room temperature
2 1/4 cup superfine sugar
Cream of tartar
Vanilla extract (optional)

Estimated cost: 1.69€ (0.21€/serving)

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time15 min

Preheat oven to 185 degrees F and grease and flour a pan. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites until they become light and frothy.
Start beating in sugar a little bit at a time. When you have beaten about half of the sugar in, add a pinch of cream of tartar and a drop of vanilla.
Continue beating in the sugar and beat until the mixture holds stiff peaks and looks shiny and velvety.
Scoop the mixture into a piping bag (or plastic bag with a corner cut out of it) and pipe on the pan as desired.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for at least 90 minutes and then shut the oven off and leave the meringues in the oven while it is cooling off.
Meringues need time to dry out rather than bake. Once done, let the meringues cool and then eat up.
Meringues can be served numerous ways. You can add food coloring (such as red and green for the holidays etc).
You can even pipe them out in circles and leave a little cavity in the middle to fill with fruit, cream, and even pie filling.
Or, add some espresso for a coffee flavor or chocolate chips. When making meringues, do not be afraid to get creative.

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abi

16/10/2023

It was absoutly great. i will use again

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Sam

05/06/2023

This recipe is super easy for beginners, I’d never made meringues before trying this recipe and my first batch turned out beautiful. However I did replace my egg whites with meringue powder, I did not try egg whites. Since trying this recipe I’ve made, coconut poppyseed, lemon strawberry, lemon poppyseed, and vanilla almond, all of which are absolutely to die for. Great snack for crowds and parties.

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Finn

28/02/2023

I tried this recipe the first time and the meringue did not reach stiff peaks at all, after I adjected the recipe a bit it worked. The time on the recipe is way off, if you're gonna put 30 minutes in the recipe time at least include the baking time as well. My meringues still haven't baked properly and I have wasted 2 hours of my life because of the recipe not having coherent instructions or timing. I don't even want to taste the meringues at this point, it would taste like disappointment right now.

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joulia

07/05/2022

Very yummy

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