Spring Meringue Recipe

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This Spring Meringue Recipe is simple to make and uses just a few basic ingredients. To make it Spring-y, I just added some food coloring and festive sprinkles. They turned out light and delicious and they just melt in your mouth. I just love spring cookie recipes!

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⭐Why Spring Meringues Are Awesome
🥣Ingredient Notes
📋Step by Step Instructions
👩🏻‍🍳Expert Tips
🤷🏻‍♀️Recipe FAQs
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⭐Why Spring Meringues Are Awesome

Meringues have a delicate and airy texture that melts in your mouth. They are light and crisp.
Meringues require minimal ingredients. In our case, we just use eggs, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar for the basic meringue.
They make a great gluten-free dessert since they are mostly made of egg whites and sugar, they are a great choice for those who have gluten sensitivity.
They can be customized for any occasion we made meringues that look like candy corn in this Halloween Meringue Recipe.

🥣Ingredient Notes

Eggs - You will only be using egg whites. I used large eggs.
Sugar - Helps provides texture and structure to meringues.
Salt - A touch of salt helps to balance out the sweet flavor.
Cream of tartar -The acidity in the cream of tartar aids as a whipping aid to the egg whites.
Food coloring - Any kind of pastel food coloring will work. We used orange, red and lavender.
Pastel sprinkles - Add a festive flair.

📋Step by Step Instructions

STEP 1: Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F. Separate four eggs and pour the egg whites into a stand mixer with a whisk attachment. Next, add a pinch of salt and a pinch of cream of tartar and mix together on high speed until the egg whites turn frothy.

STEP 2: Gradually mix in 1 cup of sugar, one tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks have formed.

STEP 3: Scoop some of the meringue into large bowl and add your food coloring. I made 3 colors, pink, orange and lavender so I did this process three times.

STEP 4: Spoon the colored meringue mixture into a pastry bag with a star tip and squeeze onto a greased cookie sheet or one covered with Silpat. You can also line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Repeat this process which each color and a new pastry bag.

STEP 5: Sprinkle some sprinkles on top and bake at 225 degrees for 2 hours.

When you take them out they will be light and crunchy. Perfect for a Spring day!

👩🏻‍🍳Expert Tips

Tip 1: This meringue recipe doesn't spread out much, so you can place them fairly close together.

Tip 2: Use room temperature eggs.

Tip 3: Be sure to separate egg whites from egg yolks very carefully as even a small amount of yolk can affect the whipping of the whites.

🤷🏻‍♀️Recipe FAQs

Do I need a pastry bag to make these meringues?

You can also just use a spoon to drop small spoonfuls of meringue onto a cookie sheet.

Do I have to use a star tip on the pastry bag?

You do not. You can use a round tip as well. I just happen to like the look the star tip produces.

Can I make this spring meringue recipe without a stand mixer?

Yes. You can mix the ingredients in a large bowl with a hand mixer.

How do I store meringue cookies?

You can store meringues in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.

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