Crispy Baked Meringues

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 egg whites
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 whip the egg whites and salt into peaks.
• 2 add the vanilla, and continue beating until the mixture forms stiff peaks.
• 3 in a separate bowl, stir the cream of tartar into the regular sugar and whisk into the whites very gradually, a spoonful at a time, until the meringue is stiff and the sugar has dissolved.
• 4 sift together the icing sugar and cornstarch. sift over the meringue and gently fold until fully incorporated.
• 5 pipe or spoon the meringues onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. each meringue should be about the size of a bar of soap.
• 6 bake at 225ºf/110ºc until cream-coloured and crisp on top when tapped, 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
• 7 remove from the oven. cool on the trays. store in an air-tight container.