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Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies on Holiday Plate in Dickens Scene
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Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies

Adorable meringue cookies for the holidays.
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine American, French
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings 12 Servings
Calories 76kcal
Author Barb

Ingredients

  • 3 large egg whites room temperature
  • ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ¾ cup superfine sugar (I just put regular sugar in my processor for a minute to get it finer
  • Green food color I used paste but liquid works fine too
  • 6 oz white chocolate chips
  • Gold edible glitter for decoration mine is from King Arthur

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200 degrees F and place the rack in the center of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Beat the egg whites on low-medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue to beat the whites until they hold soft peaks.
  • Add the sugar, a little at a time, and continue to beat on medium-high speed until the meringue holds very stiff peaks. Beat in the food coloring; the meringue might deflate a bit so just continue beating until the meringue holds stiff peaks again.
  • Pipe meringues in a tree shape using a large, serrated piping tip.
  • Bake the meringues for 2 hours, rotating the baking sheet from front to back about half way through to ensure even baking. They should not be brown but crisp on the outside. Cool completely.
  • Melt the white chocolate chips in a double boiler (I actually just put a bowl in a small saucepan). Fit a pastry bag or a ziploc baggie with a small, rounded edge piping cone and fill with melted white chocolate.
  • Pipe stars on silpat or parchment paper. Sprinkle with glitter and allow to cool. Peel the stars from the silpat once cool and attach to the trees with a dab of white chocolate.
  • Pipe dots of white chocolate directly onto tree in a random pattern.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 0.03mg