Colorful Meringue Cookies
Colorful Meringue Cookies
These delicious, low-fat meringue cookies are the perfect confection for any holiday celebration. Try red and green for a yummy Christmas cookie, pink for Valentine's Day, or even blue for a baby shower. The possibilities are endless!Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
45
minutes
Servings
12
Total time: 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon mccormick cream of tartar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon mccormick all natural pure vanilla extract
- 25-30 drops mccormick neon assorted food color & egg dye
Directions
- Preheat oven to 225°F.
- Beat egg whites in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until frothy.
- (If using a freestanding mixer, use wire whisk attachment.)
- Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form.
- Increase speed to medium-high.
- Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks form.
- Beat in extract and food color until well blended.
- Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls (or use piping bag) about 1 inch apart onto 2 large foil-lined baking sheets sprayed with no stick cooking spray.
- Bake both sheets of meringues at the same time 45 minutes.
- Turn oven off.
- Let meringues stand in oven 1 hour or until completely cooled.