Name: Peppermint Meringues
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 3 egg whites (room temperature); ⅛ tsp salt; ⅓ cup sugar; ½ cup powdered sugar; ⅛ tsp peppermint extract

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Meringue cookies are light, crispy, and chewy. Making meringues is a simple as beating egg whites. If you've never made these adorable little bites of sweetness before, you should definitely give them a try. They are one of my families favorite holiday cookies.

What you'll love about meringue cookies:

So Easy: Meringues are easy to prepare, delicious, festive, and definitely not a cookie! If you can whip egg whites, you can make meringues. They even look as good as they taste.
Flexible: Meringues can be made with a variety of different flavors and colors.
Light and crispy: During the holidays it's easy to get buried in a ton of baked goods. Meringues are a light, fat-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free option is a sea of heavy food.

Easy Peppermint Meringues — Easy and Beautiful – Perfect for the Holidays

Recipe Variations

While I love peppermint - especially in the winter - these can be made with almost any flavor. You can switch out the peppermint extract for lemon, orange, vanilla, or almond.

You can also add finely chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips to these easy to make meringues.

Peppermint Merinques — Make these in almost any flavor you can think of.

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Peppermint Meringues

Laura Reigel

These are festive alternative to cookies.

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 2 hrs 30 mins

Total Time 3 hrs

Course Cookies, Dessert, Holiday

Cuisine baked goods, Candy, Cookies, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Holiday

Servings

Calories 10 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200 ℉.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Using an electric mixer beat egg whites and salt until light and foamy.
Keep the mixer running. Gradually add the sugar in three additions. Beat for 2 minutes between each addition.
Continue to beat until firm peaks form.
Add the powdered sugar and peppermint extract. Beat to blend, about 1 minute.
Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a ½" tip. Pipe into 1" rounds onto prepared baking sheet. Space them 1" apart.
Bake until dry. This will take approximately 2 ½ hours. Let cool completely, about 1 hour. They will crisp as they cool.

Notes

To add color: Dot drops of food coloring on the surface of the meringue. Do not stir it in. It will become swirled when piped. For stripes, paint paste food coloring along the inside edges of your pastry bag before adding the meringue. (Use a disposable bag as this will permanently stain the bag.)

MAKE AHEAD: These can be made 2 days ahead. Store in an air tight container between sheets of parchment paper.

Adapted from Bon Appetit magazine, Dec 2011.

Nutrition

Calories: 10kcalCarbohydrates: 2gSodium: 8mgSugar: 2g

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