This meringue cookie recipe is part of my drop cookie recipes collection. It's super simple.
Many Italian cookie recipes use almond as a base for flavoring rather than vanilla. And in this recipe you do just that - use almond flavoring rather than vanilla. You can use pecans if you don't have walnuts. (We just don't use pecans much - but honestly, the flavor will be JUST FINE with 'em)
A meringue cookie recipe doesn't require any special skill or equipment. Only special skill would be fine motor skills - make sure you don't get one speck of egg yolk in the whites. And that's about as complicated as it gets.
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* 3 egg whites
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/2 tsp cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp almond extract
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1/4 cup walnuts, added for topping
* Let egg whites stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.
* Line cookie sheets with parchment paper if you have it. I use aluminum foil and they still turn out fine.
* In a small bowl mix together the cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
* In a medium mixing bowl combine egg whites until soft peaks form.
* Add , almond extract, and salt.
* Beat again until when lifting the beater out of the whites the peaks curl.
* I look for them to "flop over a bit"
* Add the cinnamon-sugar mixture ONE tablespoon at a time. Beat the egg whites until the peaks stand up straight.
* Using a tablespoon, drop well-rounded spoonfuls of the meringue mixture onto cookie sheets, about 1 inch apart.
* Bake at 250 F for .
Turn off the oven and allow the cookies to dry in the closed oven for 40 minutes. If it's a dry day with almost NO humidity - then I let these dry on the countertop while I start the next cookie sheet.
* When you remove the cookie sheets from the oven gently peel the cookies off the cookie sheets pretty quick after removing them. I usually wait about 1-2 minutes and then start peeling.
If it is a humid day - follow the baking times all the way through to the last 40 minutes with the closed oven door! I've only made these in the winter for the holidays and in a very dry climate. I like success so I've never attempted to make them in the summer or spring when it's humid here in the midwest.
It's ok to use vanilla if you want a boring American meringue cookie recipe. The almond extract and the cinnamon is what makes this one of those distinct Italian cookie recipes. I say be bold. Break out of a predictable mold and give this a try! What's the worse that could happen? You hate it and you go back to making the American version.
Yes - those flavors would be nice. BUT I can't advise the ratios with THIS recipe because I've not done it! However, I do make coconut macaroon cookies it's meringue like and has a chewy coconut insides. Click here - coconut macaroon cookies if you want to try it. I'm working on a meringue one with chocolate pieces....hmmm, no date promised though.
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