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Choose-a-Flavor Meringue Cookies

Choose-a-Flavor Meringue Cookies

Choose-a-Flavor Meringue Cookies

Recipe By Ashlee Redger, Savory Spice Test Kitchen

Yields

50 to 60 cookies

Prep Time

15 Minutes

Cooking Time

1 Hours 40 Minutes

Recipe By Ashlee Redger, Savory Spice Test Kitchen

Can you add your own flavor to meringue cookies? You sure can. These flavored meringue cookies are sweet, crispy, slightly chewy, and always a hit. Customize yours with your favorite extract and some food coloring to make this recipe your own!

Serving Suggestions

Serve as an Eton Mess by breaking up some of the cookies and topping them with unsweetened whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Recipe Notes

This recipe was adapted from Taste of Home's Vanilla Meringue Cookies. *Use food coloring to color the meringue before piping to have beautiful pastel meringue cookies. If your flavor isn't listed, feel free to use any one of your favorite extracts in this recipe!

Ingredients

Savory Spice ingredients in this recipe

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Directions

Step 1: Make meringue

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add egg whites, cream of tartar, and Mayan Sea Salt. Beat on medium-high speed until egg whites are foamy. Turn speed down to medium-low and slowly sprinkle in sugar. Turn speed back up to medium-high for 7 to 10 min. until stiff, glossy peaks form.

Step 2: Flavor and pipe

Add in extract of choice and food coloring (if using) and mix until thoroughly combined. Spoon meringue into a piping bag or plastic bag and snip the corner with scissors. Pipe small, bite-sized cookies onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Step 3: Bake

Bake for 35 to 40 min., then turn off oven without opening the door. Leave meringue cookies in oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven, cool completely, and store in an airtight container at room temperature.