baked vanilla meringues have only four ingredients. cream of tartar is essential to the stability of the cookie. the secret is in the baker's sugar. this sugar is very fine and delicate. it easily incorporates into the egg whites while they are beating in the mixer.
i chose to flavor these meringues with vanilla, but almond, orange, lemon, mint, maple, rum, or others could be used for different celebrations. every one of your guests will enjoy these low fat cookies. although sugar is one of the main cookie ingredients, there is no fat used in the cookie preparation.
one of the most important steps in the recipe is the baking instructions. once the cookies are mixed into a stable fluff, the meringues are piped with a large pastry tip along with a pastry bag onto silpat mats. this recipe makes 24 cookies. once the cookies are placed into the pre-heated oven, the oven is turned off and the cookies are allowed to bake while the oven is cooling. i kept the cookies in the oven for eight hours before lifting them from the cookie sheets. this recipe can be made one evening, and then overnight, the cookies will be completed and fresh for serving the next day.
the cookies are light, flavorful, and better than any store bought meringue.
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