Best Bettys Easy Meringue Cookies 2 Ingredients Recipes

MERINGUE SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250°F. Line large cookie sheet with parchment paper. In small bowl, combine egg whites, salt and vanilla; beat until foamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 3 to 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
• Pipe or spoon mixture into 3/4-inch-wide mounds 1 inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Top each with mint candy. Pipe or spoon additional drop of mixture over candy to cover. Sprinkle with snowflake sprinkles.
• Bake at 250°F. for 50 to 60 minutes or until crisp. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool 10 minutes or until completely cooled.

MINT-KISSED MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200°F. Grease 2 large cookie sheets with shortening or cooking spray. In small bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt with electric mixer on medium speed until foamy. On high speed, add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar is dissolved, meringue is glossy and very stiff peaks form. Beat in mint extract. With rubber spatula, fold in food color, 1 drop at a time, until well blended and desired color.
• Use disposable decorating bag or gallon-size food storage plastic bag with 1/2-inch hole cut in one bottom corner of bag (if desired, fit large star tip in decorating bag or in hole of plastic bag). Spoon meringue into bag; twist top of bag to seal. Squeeze bag to pipe meringue into 1-inch puffs onto cookie sheets. Sprinkle each with candy sprinkles.
• Bake on middle oven rack 2 hours. Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheets; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 5 minutes.

DELICIOUS AND EASY MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F
• Blend egg whites, sugar, and salt in a heatproof bowl on top of double boiler.
• Place over boiling water; be careful not to touch the bowl with the water.
• Beat with whisk, scraping bottom and side of pan occasionally, until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Transfer to stand electric mixer and beat until soft peaks form.
• Add lemon zest(i like lemon zest to cut little the sweetness) and beat until stiff peaks form.
• Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto 2 lightly greased baking sheets or use a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
• Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until hard at touch, do not let get it brown.
• Immediately remove from baking sheet and place in cookie rack to cool.
• Place in air-tight container.

MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). To prevent burning you can bake on an air cushion baking sheet or put parchment paper on a regular cookie sheet.
• Beat egg whites, salt, cream of tartar, and vanilla until very firm. Gradually add sugar and mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on pan. Bake 300 degrees for 25 minutes. They should only be lightly browned.