Simple Vanilla Meringues
Whip up these little lovelies in minutes. They are easy and delightful. Just make sure you follw the rules. Meringues can be finicky and won’t cooperate if you don’t treat them just right. Kind of like us women!
Ingredients
- 8 Tablespoons egg white
- ½ Teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 Cup Fine sugar
- ½ Teaspoon vanilla or lavender or lemon…whatever flavor you’d like!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225F
- Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt on low speed until it begins to foam.
- Turn mixer to high speed and beat until soft peaks form
- Begin adding your cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. Pause between each addition to be sure the sugar is dissolved between each addition…about 15 seconds.
- Beat until mixture is pure white and firm peaks form
- Place mixture in forcing back fitted with star tip.
- On parchment lined cookie sheets, make your little meringue stars about an inch wide. Go ahead and place them close together. They won’t spread like cookies.
- Cook at 225 for 1 hour.
- Turn the oven off and let them cool in the oven, without opening the door, for as long as you can before you become a mischievous child, like Autumn, and just have to eat one.
Notes
These little delights are a great snack on their own or you can add them to the top of your strawberry shortcake. They taste extra yummy if you serve them with freshly whipped cream.
You can color them or flavor them however you’d like…so many different options from peppermint to lemon to lavender. And, they are under 20 calories a pop so that’s a big win!
You can color them or flavor them however you’d like…so many different options from peppermint to lemon to lavender. And, they are under 20 calories a pop so that’s a big win!