Meringue Kisses
- Total Time
- 2 hours 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3egg whites
- ¾cup sugar
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Step 2
Put whites into bowl of electric mixer and start beating on high speed while gradually adding sugar. Continue beating until stiff.
- Step 3
Outfit pastry bag with No. 9 round pastry tube. Fill bag with mixture.
- Step 4
Line baking sheet with parchment paper (available in specialty kitchen-equipment shops). If parchment paper is not used, grease baking sheet lightly with butter. Squeeze out meringue into small mounds, slightly pointed on top (''kisses''). There will be about 30.
- Step 5
Place in oven and bake for 2 hours. When done, meringues should be dried throughout and should not brown. Leftover meringues will keep for weeks if stored in airtight container.
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2 hours …..? Mine were done wIthin 30 before browning…? Not sure what happened
I made these over and over when I was learning to cook in jr. high. You don't need no specialty kitchen-equipment shop - my friend and I baked them on a piece of brown paper grocery bag cut to fit the cookie sheet. Really good with chocolate chips or a bit of vanilla mixed in before baking. Trader Joe's puts cocoa powder on some of theirs. I'm thinking of experimenting with butterscotch or peanut butter chips, and high-quality eggs.
How much sugar?
@hmm you need 3/4 cups of
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