Colorful Meringue Cookies

Name: Colorful Meringue Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: French,
Ingredients: 4 egg whites at room temperature; 1/2 tsp McCormick® Cream of Tartar; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract; 25 to 30 drops assorted food colors and egg dye

Looking for a cookie that travels well, even in the mail? Try these deliciously airy, light and low-fat meringues, a perfect confection for your holiday cookie exchange. Color them with red and green McCormick Food Coloring for a festive take!

10m

PREP TIME

45m

COOK TIME

68

CALORIES

5

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 12

Ingredients

4 egg whites, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Cream Of Tartar
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
25 to 30 drops McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 225°F.
2 Beat egg whites in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until frothy. (If using a freestanding mixer, use wire whisk attachment.) Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Increase speed to medium-high. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks form. Beat in extract and food color until well blended. (Divide meringue mixture into 2 separate bowls, if desired, tinting one red and one green. Make green by mixing equal parts yellow and blue.)
3 Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls about 1 inch apart onto 2 large foil-lined baking sheets sprayed with no stick cooking spray.
4 Bake both sheets of meringues at the same time 45 minutes. Turn oven off. Let meringues stand in oven 1 hour or until completely cooled.