Chocolate Almond Meringue Cookies
Meringue Cookies are fun to make with children and for cookie trays because they are fairly easy and attractive to look at. Only patience is required, letting the cookies “bake” in a passive pre-heated oven, with the door closed, as the temperature cools over night. The appeal is the crispy chewy texture and the low-fat calories.
Servings: 18 Servings
Calories: 60kcal
A light, nutty and tasty treat, without a lot of calories
Ingredients
- 3-4 separated egg whites - 3 large or 4 small
- ⅓ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract - or a blend of each
- ½ cup Splenda Sugar Blend - or use granulated
- 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons almonds - finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine egg whites, cream of tartar, and extract(s). Beat until soft peaks form.
- Slowly add granulated sugar and continue to beat until stiff peaks form and the meringue turns very glossy. Be careful not to beat too long or the meringue will "break."
- Chop up 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips into tiny bits. Stir bits into meringue. Reserve remaining chocolate to melt.
- Stir in ground almonds, gently, so as not to deflate the meringue.
- Drop meringue by teaspoons onto a cookie sheet.
- Turn OFF the oven at this point, and leave the cookies on the sheet, in the oven, without opening the door, over night. Let the decreasing heat cook in a passive way, over night.
- The following morning, assure the cookies are completly cool before proceeding.
- Melt the remaining 1 Tablespoon of chocolate in your microwave. Dip a toothpick into the chocolate and drip, drizzle or fling little bits of melted chocolate across the cookies. Let chocolate "set" before removing from sheet, or, adding to a cookie jar.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Cookie | Calories: 60 kcal (3%) | Carbohydrates: 10 g (3%) | Protein: 2 g (4%) | Fat: 2 g (3%)
bahut svaadisht kukee! very delicious cookie!
How many egg whites do you use? It is missing from the recipe.
Thanks for noticing, this dropped off our post. We’ve used 3 large, or 4 small egg whites.
pretty, delicate, good