Meringue Trees
Wednesday, December 8th 2021, 4:35 pm
By:
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Meringue Trees- 1 1/2 cups egg white
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Cream of tartar
- flavoring extract of your choice
- food coloring
- Sprinkles
To prepare the meringue:
- Fill a large stockpot with water and bring to a boil.
- In a large glass or metal bowl, whisk together the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar.
- Place the bowl into the water bath making sure that the bowl is large enough that it does not slip into the water.
- Whisk quickly the mixture (so that the eggs do not cook) and continue doing this just until the sugar has melted. ***An easy test is to dip a spoon into the mixture and if you do not see granules then you’re ready to proceed.
- Transfer the egg mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Using the whisk attachment, slowly whisk together the eggs and sugar.
- Carefully add 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of flavoring to the mixture.
- Continue whisking on high until stiff peaks form and the meringue is glossy looking.
- Add food coloring to the meringue at this time and beat together until the desired color is reached.
- Spoon the meringue batter into a large pastry bag with a star tip.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Pipe 1/2 dollar sized circle onto parchment paper.
- Then add another circle on top of that one and a smaller circle on top of that so it looks like a Christmas tree.
- Continue in rows in the parchment paper.
- Add sprinkles as you wish.
- Put the trays into the oven and allow them to cook for two hours.
- Turn off the oven and leave them overnight to dry out.
- Store meringues in an airtight container.
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