Holiday Meringue Cookies

Name: Holiday Meringue Cookies
Total time: 900 s
Yield: Several people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 egg whites; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar; 1/4-1/2 tsp. mint extract (or peppermint extract); Green food coloring; 1/2 c. miniature chocolate chips

Kathryn Patterson @KatFrog

This recipe is very simple, and a bastardization of most meringue recipes. It uses simple ingredients and takes very little time from the baker.

Kathryn Patterson @KatFrog

This recipe is very simple, and a bastardization of most meringue recipes. It uses simple ingredients and takes very little time from the baker.

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Ingredients

15 minutes to c

Several people

3egg whites
1 cupgranulated sugar
1/4 tsp.cream of tartar
1/4-1/2 tsp.mint extract (or peppermint extract)
Green food coloring
1/2 c.miniature chocolate chips

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Steps

15 minutes to c

1

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F/120 degrees C. Prepare cookie sheet by lining with parchment paper.
2

Mix egg whites and sugar. Leave out to heat up to room temperature.
3

Put the egg white/sugar mixture into a mixing bowl.
Add cream of tartar and mix on high until soft peaks form.
4

Add mint extract and green food coloring. The amount of green food coloring depends on your preference for color.
5

Fold in the miniature chocolate chips.
6

Using two spoons, drop the mixture onto the parchment paper. Leave about an inch between each cookie.
7

Bake for an hour. Then turn the oven off and leave the cookies in the oven with a closed door for two hours.
8

Enjoy!!