Christmas is just around the corner and it is time to do some baking. Like usual I will have to bake 3-4 types of cookies to be given away to friends, neighbors, mailman and a few others. This is the first time I am baking meringue kisses because I am not a fan of it as I find it to be a bit too sweet for my taste. This cookie is not difficult to make but it took a long time to bake so you have to be very patience. Baking it low and slow is the key to a perfect crispy and light kisses. It took me over 3 hours to bake these whole lots cookies.
Ingredients:
5 large egg whites
1 cup sugar
¼ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp vanilla
Some red and green coloring
1. Prepare 2 large baking sheet pans, line it with parchment paper. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degree F.
2. In an electric mixer beat egg white and cream of tartar for 30 second over high speed. Gradually add in the sugar and vanilla. Beat until meringue holds stiff, glossy peaks.
3. Using a small spatula paint a red and green stripes inside the pastry bag fitted with star shapes piping tip. Fill the bag with meringue. Pipe small star shapes onto the baking sheet.
4. Refill bag as necessary, adding food coloring each time. Bake cookies rotating halfway through until crisp but not brown about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.
5. Let it cool completely on wire rack before storing it in an air tight container.
Note: You can change it to other flavors like lemon, peppermint, coffee, chocolate, strawberry, etc.
I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #2: Christmas! (Dec 2010) hosted by Passionate About Baking .
39 comments:
This is so pretty, love the color. The person who received this will surely melt in the heart :))
These remind me of topping for my favourite childhood treats with a little round biscuit underneath ;)
cute little cookies. great technique.
They look so pretty and festive!
The colour looks lovely and pretty!
So pretty :) send some kisses over :p
I was wondering how you coloured the kisses like candy cane, and haha, thanks for teaching me how to do it.
They look really good to me.
This little kisses looks so pretty!
Very pretty! This reminds me of a kind of biscuits that I used to eat a a lot when youngwith little meringue on top..
I would make it smaller and use on pies and cakes and tarts.
Anna
love these and adorable colors
Merry Christmas
Rebecca
They are so pretty and delicate
Gert, that's a really good idea!!! Serious! Perfectly Christmasy! Thanks for the idea!
So cute & nice! I love them *^_^*
Gert, this is just gorgeous! I would love to recieve these for Xmas! *hint hint*, lol!
They look so pretty! Thanks for sharing.
This is such a great idea and so pretty too!
Very pretty and festive as well! Am so tempted to make a batch myself too!
Hi Gert
Those are lovely and colorful kisses. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and family.
Yen
So festive and pretty looking!
These are so pretty! What a great idea.
Oh Gert,they are so pretty.Felt like rushing to the kitchen and bake them...hmmm...if only I have the time!!!I have lots of egg whites in the frezeer from baking the kek lapis.Would you have any idea how many grams 5 egg whites will be?
Wah..this is so interesting!! You gave me a better idea what to bake for this X'mas...thanks!!!
Wah..really admire you have the passion to make these little sweets. It's great for x'mas indeed!
there are pretty gems, looks so festive too, definitely a great xmas gift :)
Gert,
I am sharing my award with you ..pls drop by when you are free to collect it :)
Elin
oooo.. I love these sweet little things!
Ann, thanks. I hope they like it too.
3 hungry tummies, yes I remember that biscuit. We used to eat up the meringue and throw away the dry and tasteless biscuit ha ha..
Sayantani, angie, Ah Tze, Elin, thank you.
Wendy, you can apply the same technique for decorating your cakes.
Angie, thank you.
Lee mei, Yea I remember that biscuits :)
Anna, good idea but just remember that once these kisses touches anything with moist it will melt and go soft.
Chow and Chatter, Merry Christmas to you too.
Jennifurla, thanks.
Pei-Lin, Cathy, thank you.
Bee bee, ha ha will you be in CA for Christmas??
Jet, diva, thank you.
Jo, thank you. I am sure you are going to love these meringue kisses.
Yen, thanks and Merry Christmas to you too.
LCOM, thank you
Kirbe, thank you.
Shereen, I know you are real busy with your family now. I will weight the egg white today and let you know ok.
Reese, hope you like these kisses.
Grace, making this is easy but waiting for it to bake is the hard part :)
Jess, thanks.
Elin, thanks for the award.
Quay Po, thank you.
those little kisses are so cute, even i don't celebrate christmas am temted to try making them. thanks.
These look great! Send me some if there are left overs :)
By the way, I found your site while browsing around for various Christmas cookie ideas. It's neat to see the variety of treats people make. I am originally from Slovakia, and Christmas is a huge deal there, especially when it comes to baking. People start baking week or two before, and make a different kind of cookies every day. So by the time Christmas rolls around, you have a plate full of assorted cookies. I am actually currently running sweepstakes for Slovak home-made cookies if you would like to enter. The URL is http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/blog/xmas-cookies/
See ya!
How beautiful are your meringues! Love the colors and shape!
cantiknyer... kaler pong sweet jer...
Oh boy, these are so adorable! Love the addition of colouring. Thanks for sharing but I prefer if you can FedEX over. haha....
Kristy ((hugs))
cute! I made these once, but mine were all white:). They really looked good and tasted delicious.
Greets!!
Seems lovely.
Just a doubt. How big the cookies are? I thought its bigger than an inch. But in the description its said that make small stars. What does this small mean? one fourth of an inch which is becoming bigger than 1" after baking?
Anon, slightly bigger than a nickle.
Hello,
I like your Meringue:) Thanks for sharing.
Please i can't find your French Baguette recipe.Can you help me?
Thank you,
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