I love making things with simple ingredients especially things that my kids can help with. This is an easy recipe for meringues. Meringues are made by whipping up egg whites, sugar, some binding agent like cream of tartar or corn starch and flavor. We made these lemony (not very lemony) but you can also add vanilla or almond extract.
You will need: 3 egg whites, 3/4 cups of sugar, 1/2 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 tsp lemon juice, red and blue food coloring, ice cream or whipped cream for filling
Separate the eggs and use egg yolks for other cooking ventures. I recommend Creme Anglaise to serve over morning pancakes. I will show it to you soon.
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks. Make sure they are stiff but do not over beat meaning do not take them over the stiff point and when they start to resemble cotton balls and look lumpy
When the egg whites are stiff add the sugar
corn starch
and lemon juice
Mix until just combined, separate into 2 bowls.
Note: I made a boo boo and added sugar way too early before my eggs where stiff. This way my meringue ended up a little deflated and not as defined. When we were squeezing them they looked really watery and should instead look like soft ice cream coming out of the machine.
Add desired amount of food coloring to each meringue mixture
Mix it well
You should have red and blue mixtures
Spoon the meringue into into a piping bag. If you do not have a piping bag like me spoon them into ziplock bags. Make sure they are tightly shot
Cut the end of the bag with scissors
Line a cookie with parchment and squeeze the mixture to make swirls. If yours look well poopy like mine they will look good after cooking. No worries
Bake in a 250 F oven for 30-35 minutes until the outside is firm. Turn off the oven and let them sit in there for another 45 minutes. Remove and cool.
You can sandwich the meringues with whipped cream. You can make them super small and serve as garnish on drinks and fruit salads.
LOVE this- we’ll be linking!
I love the red white and blue! so patriotic and perfect for the upcoming holidays!
What a cute idea! I’ll have to give these a try. Thanks!
What a great and fun idea for the holiday!
Hi! Nice to have found your site!
I love this idea… I have a 5 year old, and I think these would be right up his alley
By the way, I included this in a 4th of july roundup on Foodwhirl tonight – here’s the link: http://foodwhirl.com/seasonalholiday/happy-4th-holiday-food-ideas
thanks for sharing!
dot
what a great idea and can be done for so many other holidays too. i love it!
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Have a great day!
I’ve never made meringues before but this has really inspired me to try it. These just look amazing! Thanks!
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You will want to check out my favs post tonight.
Cheri
HI! Sooooo. I tried this out. But. I don’t think I did it right. I was much disappointed. I’m sure it was a fail because I didn’t beat the eggs long enough.
Oh well. I linked to you on my post today. Thanks!
http://spontaneousday.blogspot.com
My child love cooking with me or with his grandma. I am quite pleased about that and I really like lookng smile during cooking food.
These look terrific. May I as what kind of food coloring you used? You could achieve those bright bold colors with the ones I know, but you would get a non edible treat because of the so strong ink flavor.