Merry meringue christmas cookies

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Egg whites; at room temp
⅛ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Cream of tartar
¾ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup Chopped nuts
3 tablespoons Crushed peppermint candy

Directions

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Lightly grase two or more baking sheets. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites in a med bowl until foamy. Add the salt and cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peaks form. Add the sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until the meringue is stiff. Fold in the vanilla extract, chocolate chips, nuts and candy. Drop by tspful ½ inch apart, onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 40 mins. Remove to a cake rack to cool. May be prepared ahead and frozen. Makes 5 dozen Note these are as pretty as they sound! Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "janet toomey" <lovefd@...> on Nov 05, 1997

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