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Easy Meringue Cookies Recipe With Only 5 Ingredient

This easy meringue cookies recipe uses only 5 ingredients and is so delicious. These egg white cookies are perfect for parties, holidays, and celebrations.

How to Make Easy Meringue Cookies

I love me a good cookie as much as the next person. But when I want to be fancy, I like to do something different unexpected.

When you’re short on ingredients, meringue is where it’s at. This French dessert has a base of egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar.

I like to add two teaspoons of vanilla extract for a little more flavor. So technically these are vanilla meringue cookies.

How to make the perfect meringue cookie.

You could also add other flavorings as well like lemon or almond. And food coloring makes these meringue drops more colorful and festive.

Meringue cookies on wood surface

Meringue Ingredients

Equipment needed to make the perfect meringues

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Hand Mixer
  • Baking Sheets
  • Parchment Paper
  • Cookie Scoop
  • Pastry Bag
  • Star Tip

How to make meringues?

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees. Beat egg whites in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until frothy.

If using a stand mixer, use the wire whisk attachment. Discard egg yolks.

Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Increase speed to medium-high.

Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue beating until sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks form.

Beat in extract and food color until well blended. Feel free to gently stir in chocolate chips, if desired.

Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Then drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls about 1 inch apart.

To make star-shaped meringues like the ones in the photos, you’ll need a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. You can also use a plastic baggie, clip the corner, and insert the piping tip.

Bake both sheets of the meringues at the same time for 45 minutes. Turn the oven off. Let meringues stand in the oven 1 hour or until completely cooled.

Open the oven and make sure meringues are cooled completely before storing in an airtight container.

Are meringue drops a candy or a cookie?

This meringue recipe could be considered a candy and a cookie!

Meringue drop cookies in a pink bowl.

How do you make meringue without cream of tartar?

To make meringue without cream of tartar, substitute an equal amount of lemon juice or white vinegar.

Do meringue cookies need to be refrigerated?

No, this egg white dessert recipe does not need to be refrigerated.

How to make meringue cookies. Pink and yellow meringues in bowl.

Can you freeze meringue cookies?

You can freeze these cookies, however, be careful they don’t absorb moisture because it will cause them to soften.

Pink and yellow meringue cookies in bowl

How long do meringue cookies last?

Meringue cookies will last 1-2 weeks when you store meringue in an air-tight container.

Side view of meringue cookies in bowl with crumbs on wood surface

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Easy Meringue Cookies

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Meringue cookies in a pink bowl.
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Easy Meringue Cookies

Get ready to create the perfect meringue with only 5 ingredients using this easy meringue cookies recipe. These cookies melt in your mouth!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, dessert, egg whites, meringue
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 75 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 225°F.
  2. Beat egg whites in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until frothy. (If using a freestanding mixer, use the wire whisk attachment.) Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Increase speed to medium-high. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks form. Beat in extract and food color until well blended. Gently stir in chips, if desired.
  3. Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls about 1 inch apart onto 2 large foil-lined baking sheets sprayed with no-stick cooking spray.
  4. Bake both sheets of meringues at the same time 45 minutes. Turn oven off. Let meringues stand in oven 1 hour or until completely cooled.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Meringue Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 75
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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