Yes, it’s true. These cookies practically make themselves – with a little help from their friends.
You may also know them as meringues. Tiny, sweet morsels of delight that melt away on your tongue and make you wonder whether you actually ate them. And that makes you reach for another and yet another…naughty and addictive..and here they are.
Ingredients:
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup caster sugar
a pinch of salt
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Leave alone cookies
Method:
1. Preheat oven to Gas 4 (350 F).
2. Beat the egg whites with the salt until they turn foamy.
3. Add in the sugar, a little at a time and continue beating till you get stiff peaks.
4. Gently add in the vanilla and fold in the walnuts.
5. Using a tablespoon, gently drop these in small mounds onto a parchment lined baking tray.
6. Put the trays in and switch off the oven. Leave the cookies inside overnight. They will cool and turn crisp.
7. Store in airtight containers.
The Weekend Baker 
These look really easy to make. Plan to get a convection microwave soon. Have never baked anything. Need to check with you on the steps and tips.
I so wanted to make meringue cookies since a long time. Thanks for this post, I will make them next month 🙂
I make them but add chocolate chips as well — soooooo good.
Carol, I would have added the chocolate myself had I not eaten it up. Sometimes when you need it, you just gotta have it. 🙂
ohh wow! must be sooo good
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Thanks. 🙂
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Those look good! My daughter has six kids and loves baking (and her kids love eating). I think I will send her the link to your blog so she can check out these cookies. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thanks, Cheryl. Does your daughter have a blog too?
These sound fun, easy and not too fattening. Must try them. I like Carol’s idea of adding chocolate chips but then I like chocolate in everything! I’m a chocoholic!
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Thanks, Cat. I would have added it too. It was in the original recipe but I ate it up. 😦
Heh, they had these at my work once. My boss bit into one and it disintegrated right in his hand. We all had a good laugh about that.
A good stress buster – this recipe! 🙂
YUM! I love these. (without the nuts). I recently had a Pavlova – while not a cookie, it has meringue with berries. Love!!!
I’m back! Thanks – I think the nuts are the best part otherwise I find them too sweet. But yes, covered with berries is the best way to enjoy meringues/pavlovas. 🙂
As simple as that!! Wowww!!! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
It is simple. The trick is to beat them to just the right point and get them into the oven quickly before they flop. 🙂
What?? They bake I a switched off over? Wonders never cease!
I know. I was amazed too, when I first discovered this.
I usually make them after I have used my oven for something else as they are made in a switched off oven — but don’t forget the chocolate chips!
Thanks, Carol. I’ll behave next time and add the chocolate in instead of munching on it. 🙂