Confetti Meringue Cookies. See more ideas about meringue cookies, meringue, sweet treats. A recipe for meringue cookies swirled with salted caramel sauce and dark chocolate. These beautiful meringue cookies are light as air, perfectly sweet, and so easy to make!
Let me preach the meringue cookie gospel for a moment here. These meringues are made from the leftover liquid from a can of chickpeas, whipped and baked up much like their namesake cousins. Meringue cookies are a light, airy, delicate cookie. You can Cook Confetti Meringue Cookies using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Confetti Meringue Cookies
- It's 3 of Egg whites, room temperature.
- What You needis 3/4 cup of sugar.
- It's 1/4 tsp of cream of tartar.
- What You needis 1/4 tsp of vanilla or almond extract.
- Lets Go Prepare 1/2 cup of confetti sprinkles, divided.
They are perfect for all occasions, but are especially popular for Valentine's day and tea parties because of how dainty they are. These meringues cookies I drizzled with some white nonpareils before I bake these off! If you are using parchment paper to pipe the meringues on, you will need to add some meringues mixture. Meringue cookies are a light and crisp sweet treat.
Confetti Meringue Cookies step by step
- Preheat oven to 250°F. Line two cookie sheets with foil..
- In large bowl, whip egg whites with a mixer until soft peaks form. With mixer running, slowly add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add cream of tartar and vanilla or almond extract. Fold in 1/4 cup confetti sprinkles..
- Spoon mounds (about 2 tablespoons each) about 1/2 inch apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle each one evenly with the remaining confetti sprinkles..
- Place both cookie sheets on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave oven door closed for another 10 minutes. Remove cookies from oven. Cool on cookie sheets for 10 minutes, then store in an airtight container until ready to serve..
They're easy to make and only require egg whites and sugar! The recipe for these meringue cookies are made using French meringue. I was reminded once again while making Confetti Cookies from the Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook about that whole baking not being a science thing. I followed the recipe word for word. To make the meringue, whisk the egg whites in a thoroughly cleaned bowl until stiff.