Description
Light and airy peppermint-flavored meringues, perfect for festive occasions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 egg whites (at room temperature, about ½ cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract (or vanilla extract)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar (75 grams)
- as needed Red gel food coloring
- as needed Green gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, peppermint extract, and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form.
- With the mixer still running, add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff shiny peaks form. Set aside.
- Place a large star tip into a piping bag. Use a popsicle stick (or squeeze directly from the gel bottle) and make 3 thick stripes up the sides of the bag, evenly spaced, being sure to put stripes in the piping tip as well.
- Carefully spoon the meringue into the bag. Pipe 1-inch meringues onto the prepared baking sheet. (The first few will have really dark stripes. They’ll lighten up as you go.)
- Bake for 50 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the cookies inside for 4 hours (or overnight) without opening the door.
Notes
- Make sure egg whites do not have any yolk in them for proper whipping.
- Store meringues in an airtight container to maintain texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 meringues
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 10mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg