Merry meringue christmas cookies
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Egg whites; at room temp | |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Cream of tartar |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | cup | Semisweet chocolate chips |
| 1 | cup | Chopped nuts |
| 3 | tablespoons | Crushed peppermint candy |
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Lightly grase two or more baking sheets. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites in a med bowl until foamy. Add the salt and cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peaks form. Add the sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until the meringue is stiff. Fold in the vanilla extract, chocolate chips, nuts and candy. Drop by tspful ½ inch apart, onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 40 mins. Remove to a cake rack to cool. May be prepared ahead and frozen. Makes 5 dozen Note these are as pretty as they sound! Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "janet toomey" <lovefd@...> on Nov 05, 1997