Meringue Cookies

Abby C's Note:

Wow! These cookies are so great. With only 20 calories!

• Total Time: 38 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36.5 cookies

• 3 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Blend egg whites, sugar, salt and vanilla in top of double boiler.
3. Place over boiling water; beat with rotary beater, scraping bottom and side of pan occasionally, until mixture forms stiff peaks.
4. Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto 2 lightly greased baking sheets.
5. (Drop all mixture onto the 2 baking sheets; bake only 1 baking sheet at a time.) Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown.
6. Immediately remove from baking sheet.

Reviews

[Nadine Cherry]

This reminds me of a recipe I use to make for my family, except you added 4 cups of Corn Flakes in it, and baked it for 5 min. longer. This is a good recipe when you are trying to watch your fat in-take.

[CArabbit]

I was looking for a lighter version of coconut macaroons. I decided to try modifying this one with almond extract instead of vanilla and adding shredded sweetened coconut after reaching stiff peaks. Worked wonderfully! It pushed the calorie count up but they are stilll lighter than usual macaroons both in texture and calories. Besides I got quite a work out as I do not have a hand held mixer, couldn't think of a way to get a double boiler into my stand mixer and had to beat with a wisk! Whew! The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is the double boiler part. Thank you Abby for the great recipe and others for the helpful suggestions and recommended alterations.

[HDUNN]

This was a really great recipe and I will do these again. If you have problems with the whites not coming to a peak it's usually because there some oil or fat of some type in the bowl or on the equipment. The lipids will prevent the egg white and air from incorporating properly. Grease free is a must!