These Festive Meringue Cookies are light, airy, delicious and low-fat! Color them to suit your special occasion - purple, pink, green, and blue for Easter, pink for Valentine's Day, pink and blue for a baby shower - the possibilities are endless!
Prep: 10 min | Bake: 45 min | Cool: 1 hr
Yield: 6 dozen or 12 (6 cookie) servings
* Or use 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and/or 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Mint Extract
Eggs separate more easily when they are warm. Place egg whites in bowl and bring to room temperature. To speed up this process, place bowl of egg whites into a slightly larger bowl containing lukewarm water.
Make sure beater and mixing bowl are spotlessly clean. Any grease in the mixture will deflate meringue.
Do not make meringues during humid weather. Moisture will prevent egg whites from forming stiff peaks.
For best results, bake meringues on cookie sheets lined with nonstick foil. Or bake on foil-lined cookie sheets sprayed with no stick cooking spray.
To make different shapes of meringue, spoon meringue mixture into large resealable plastic bag. Snip off a corner of the bag and gently squeeze to pipe meringue onto cookie sheets. Pipe into various shapes, such as hearts, "kisses," letters, numbers, etc.
Per serving: Calories: 68 Fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 16g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 19mg Fiber: 0g Protein: 1g
Recipe and photo used with permission from: McCormick