Creepy Ghost Meringues
Invite all the local goblins over to your house to decorate these sweet fluffy ghostly creations.
Prep Time: 0:15
Total Time: 5:00
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
3/4 cup Organic Valley Egg Whites, or whites from 6 extra-large eggs (room temperature)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Decoration Ideas:
Licorice candy (for glasses, or ghostly bindings)
Raisins or currants (for eyes or shriveled ears, toes, etc...)
Almonds (for shoes or big ears)
Chocolate Chips (for eyes, buttons, or a hat.)
cinnamon (for dusting or a"dirty look")
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line two large, heavy baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a clean, grease-free mixing bowl (a must for making meringues), combine room temperature egg whites and cream of tartar and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon every 30 seconds or so until meringue holds very stiff peaks. Beat in vanilla gradually as well.
Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip or spoon into a gallon-size heavy plastic food storage bag, then cut off one corner to make a 1/2-inch wide opening.
Pipe meringue onto prepared baking sheets into ghost shapes, about 3 inches wide and 5 inches high. Space ghosts about 2 inches apart.
Press almonds, licorice, raisins/currants into ghost as decorations. Chocolate chip decorations need to wait, as they may melt.
Bake until meringues begin to turn pale gold and are firm to the touch, about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours, reposition baking sheets halfway through the baking time.
Turn off oven and leave meringues in closed oven for 2 hours. Cool slightly.
When just barely warm, slip each ghost into a plastic decorative bag and tie with a fun halloween ribbon. If supplying these treats to a group, store in an airtight tin.
Serving Suggestions:
Serve with a tall glass of Organic Valley Milk.
Nutrition Info:
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 56 Calories; 2g Fat (24.4% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 56mg Cholesterol; 83mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
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please specify the temperature scale of this recipe. I just burnt my ghosts, because I live in Australia, so use celcius...200 celcius is way too hot for meringues
Customer rating:
please specify the temperature scale of this recipe. I just burnt my ghosts, because I live in Australia, so use celcius...200 celcius is way too hot for meringues
Customer rating:
These worked out great! I used Organic Valley egg whites (from the carton) and so had no yolks left over to worry about. Remember how long they need to stay in the oven (not your average cookie)!