Our recipes demonstrate the egg's unique ability to "move around the plate" as an ingredient in appetizers, snacks, desserts, soups, and salads - and as the star of a variety of entrees.
Meringue Kisses (Forgotten Cookies)
4 egg whites
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 ¾ cups powdered sugar
2 cups ground almonds, walnuts, pecans
Variation ingredients:
Mint Chip: green food coloring, mint extract, chocolate chips
Rocky Road: chocolate chips, and nuts
Citrus: grated orange peel, lemon extract, and yellow food coloring.
Jamaican: Malibu Rum, pineapple bits, nuts
Silly: Kahlua and unsweetened cocoa
Holiday: Cranberries/craisins, nuts, and vanilla
Cosmo: Chambord, nuts, and cranberries
Putting it together:
Beat egg whites in large mixing bowl with tartar until foamy, Add sugar 2 tablespoons at a time, beating constantly until whites are glossy and stand in stiff peaks. (If using granulated sugar, rub just a bit of meringue between thumb and forefinger to feel if sugar has dissolved.) Gently fold nuts, or variation ingredients. Drop by tablespoonful or pipe through pastry tube or Ziploc onto lightly greased or lined baking sheets.
Bake in preheated 225 degree oven until firm, about 1 hour. Turn off oven. Let stand in oven with door closed until cool, dry and crisp, at least another hour-but don’t forget them!!!