Description
Delicious and festive meringue cookies shaped like Christmas trees.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 large egg whites (at room temperature, 200g in total)
- ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1¾ cups + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (400g in total)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (or other flavor extract, optional)
- Green gel food coloring
- Holiday sprinkles
- Star sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°F/93°C. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- To the bowl of a stand mixer, add the room temperature egg whites and the cream of tartar. Beat with the whisk attachment on low speed until the mixture becomes foamy.
- Increase the speed to high, and add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing for about 15 seconds between each addition.
- Once all the sugar is added, continue beating until the egg whites reach the stiff peaks stage and are thick and shiny.
- To check to see that the meringue is ready, rub a small amount of it between your fingers to make sure that it’s not gritty. Continue mixing until any grit is gone.
- Add food coloring and vanilla extract and mix until the color is evenly blended.
- Transfer the meringue to a large piping bag fitted with a medium or large piping tip.
- Pipe the meringue onto the parchment lined sheets, making lines in a back and forth pattern to create a triangular tree (no larger than 3 inches tall).
- Add sprinkles before baking. I like the stars at the top and then colorful sprinkles for decoration.
- Bake the meringues for 1 hour at 200°F/93°C, then turn off the oven. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR at any point.
- Leave the meringues in the oven to cool down completely before removing them. This can take between 1-3 hours. The cookies should be crisp and dry when finished.
Notes
- Note 1: Cream of tartar helps stabilize the egg whites.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cookies
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg