Santa Hats recipe

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Ingredients

2 egg whites at room temperature
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup white sugar
1 drop red food coloring, or desired amount
3 tablespoons red colored sugar, or as desired

Nutrition Info

28.6 calories
carbohydrate: 7 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: : -
fiber: : -
protein: 0.4 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 5.6 mg
sugar: 6.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Beat egg whites in a bowl until they form soft peaks, beat cream of tartar and vanilla extract into egg whites. Gradually beat white sugar into mixture until meringue forms stiff peaks. Transfer 1/4 of the meringue mixture into a separate bowl. Beat red food coloring into remaining 3/4 of meringue.

  3. Transfer colored meringue into a piping bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe 20 Santa hat shaped triangles, about 1 1/2 inch tall and bending over at the tips, onto the parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle the hats with red sugar.

  4. Transfer remaining 1/4 uncolored meringue into a clean piping bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe little white pom-poms onto each hat tip and a small edging of fluffy white trim onto the bottom of each hat.

  5. Bake meringue cookies in the preheated oven until hard but not browned, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn off oven and let cookies cool inside oven until crisp, 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

20 meringue cookies

Recipe Note

Super festive, super easy, and super tasty! Does it get any better??:) My kids love how the meringue melts in their mouths! If you leave the oven door open just a little it can help keep the meringue from browning.

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