Spring Pastel Meringue Cookies {Choose Your Flavor}
Simply switch up your coloring and flavoring extract to choose your flavor and color for these perfect-for-Spring Pastel Meringue Cookies. Such a pretty {& tasty} little pastel celebration of Spring!
Now, I know the first day of Spring is "officially" in March, but in my mind, Spring starts on Easter. There's just something about donning a new outfit for church on Easter morning, getting together with family to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, enjoying the first-blooming trees and flowers, and seeing all the beautiful pastel-colored Easter eggs and decorations that just say to me, "Spring is here!"
And what better way to usher in and celebrate the arrival of Spring than with beautiful perfect-for-Spring pastel Meringue Cookies? Well, how about with an annual family Easter egg hunt, too?
Despite the youngest of us being 15 years old, thanks to my Mom and Dad, we do an egg hunt in their yard every year. Without fail.
Because in our family, we're all truly just big kids at heart ... Which is completely evident in these family photos from this year's Easter egg hunt event ...
That's my Mom and Dad on the left ... at the top is me hiding eggs for the hunt ... and then my niece and nephew counting & inspecting their loot ... and the lower right is my husband Mark, who just so happened to be the finder of the hunt's extra-special golden egg. As you can see, he's quite proud of himself!
We had so much fun!
While we were getting Easter dinner ready, my niece snapped this selfie of us family girls ...
So with our Easter celebrations complete, Spring is "officially" here in my mind. Which makes it a perfect time to enjoy these perfect-for-Spring pastel Meringue Cookies.
And one of the extra bonus perks of these pretty little cookies?
You can easily choose your color and your flavor! ... simply by changing out the coloring and flavoring extract you use. Easy peasy! I just love their flexibility.
You can easily change out the flavors just by mixing in a different extract once the meringue mixture is whipped. I whipped one batch of the meringue, divided it into three parts, and flavored each part differently to get my mix-and-match batch of meringue cookies. You can do it that way, or mix up a separate full batch of each flavor.
These crunchy little cookies are so light and airy. So tasty. So versatile. And so pretty. The perfect pretty little pastel celebration of Spring!
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Yield: About 2 dozen
Spring Pastel Meringue Cookies {Choose Your Flavor}
Simply switch up your coloring and flavoring extract to choose your flavor and color for these perfect-for-Spring Pastel Meringue Cookies. Such a pretty {& tasty} little pastel celebration of Spring!
prep time: 20 Mcook time: 40 Mtotal time: 60 M
ingredients:
- 2 egg whites
- 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/4 to 1 tsp. flavoring extract {see below}*
- a few drops of liquid food coloring or gel food coloring
instructions:
How to bake Spring Pastel Meringue Cookies {Choose Your Flavor}
- Place egg whites, cream of tartar, and flavoring extract in a large bowl. Beat at highest mixer speed until soft white peaks form, about 2 minutes. While continuing to beat at high speed, very slowly pour sugar in, a little bit at a time. Keep beating until stiff peaks form.
- Add 2 to 3 drops of food coloring in the color of your choice. Beat just a few turns of the beater to incorporate; finish mixing by hand until egg white mixture is a uniform color. If deeper color is desired, gently mix additional food coloring in by hand.
- Place egg white mixture in a piping bag fitted with a very large round or star tip. Pipe meringue dollops onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. (NOTE: I use a disposable piping bag fitted with an extra large round tip when piping the meringue.)
- Bake at 250 degrees for 40 minutes. Let stand on the cookie sheet until completely cooled.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container.
*Suggested flavoring extract amounts for a few flavors:
- Vanilla extract: 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Almond extract: 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- Strawberry extract: 1/2 tsp. strawberry extract
- Coconut extract: 1 tsp. coconut extract
- Peppermint extract: 1/8 tsp. peppermint extract
TRACEY'S NOTES:
- The yield of this recipe can vary greatly based on the size the cookies are piped. Pipe smaller for more cookies; large-piped cookies will yield fewer total cookies.
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