Meringue Kisses Recipe
A Meringue Kisses Recipe will make sweet little cookies that are as light as air, and easy to pop into your mouth.
Courtesy American Egg Board
2012 Guide to Backyard Chickens
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Use this Meringue Kisses Recipe to make delicate little puffs for your cookie jar.
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Meringue kisses can be made with different nuts — try walnuts, pistachios or macadamias — or with no nuts at all.
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Meringue Kisses Recipe
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
4 egg whites, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 3/4 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
2 cups ground almonds (8 ounces)
Heat oven to 225°F.
In mixer bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with whisk attachment on high speed until foamy. Beating constantly, add confectioner’s sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until whites are glossy and stand in stiff peaks. Fold in almonds.
Drop meringue by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Bake for about 1 hour, or until firm. Turn off oven and let kisses dry in oven, with door closed, for at least 1 additional hour, or until cool and crisp. Yields 60 kisses.
Insider Info:
Chocolate Kisses Variation:
Omit ground almonds. Beat 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 teaspoons vanilla into egg whites after stiff peaks have formed.
Citrus Kisses Variation:
Omit ground almonds. Beat 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange peel and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract into egg whites after stiff peaks have formed. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring, if desired.