Five simple ingredients are all that is needed to make these star-studded cookies.
Chocolaty Meringue Stars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon unsweetened baking cocoa
- About 1/3 cup ground walnuts
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 275° F. Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil or cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on medium speed until foamy. Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat. Fold in cocoa. (Batter will not be mixed completely; there will be some streaks of cocoa.)
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Step3Place meringue in decorating bag fitted with large star tip (#4). Pipe 1 1/4-inch stars onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle lightly with walnuts; brush excess nuts from cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until outside is crisp and dry (meringues will be soft inside). Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Store in airtight container.
Nutrition
20
Calories
1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
3g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 20
- Calories from Fat
- 5
- Total Fat
- 1/2g
- 1%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 3g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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