How To Make Meringue Without Cream Of Tartar

How To Make Meringue Without Cream Of Tartar

Those cookies are crisp and light and will melt in your mouth. They are easy to make, with only 3 ingredients, without cream of tartar.

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Ingredients

2 Large Egg Whites
1 tbsp (15 ml) Lemon juice
1 cup (125 g) powdered / icing sugar
Pink Food Coloring Gel (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200^oF (100^oC).
In a very clean bowl, add egg whites. Whisk with hand mixer on medium speed until foamy.
To the same bowl, add lemon juice and mix well.
Add sugar little by little, 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well after each addition.
Beat until stiff peaks are formed and all sugar has dissolved. Mixture should be smooth and shiny.
Transfer half of meringue mixture to piping bag.
To the other half of meringue mixture, add pink food coloring gel and mix. Then, transfer to another piping bag.
Pipe meringue mixture on baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake in preheated oven 200^oF (100^oC) 50-55 minutes. Bottom of meringue cookies should be completely dry and does not stick to parchment paper.
Let cookies cool down completely on wire rack.

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Notes

Note: Please make sure bowl is super clean before whipping the egg whites. Rub the bowl with a little bit of vinegar or lemon juice and wipe dry. Do not use plastic bowl.