Full disclosure, I do not LOVE Valentines Day... never have.
But I do love making valentines day cookies!
I also love any excuse to dress my dogs up in clothing.
This year for Valentines Day I did not make sugar cookies, I made meringues, they were sugary, pink&sprinkled, crispy and melt in your mouth good.
Pretty much everything I am looking for in a cookie.
I decided to bag some up to give to the neighbors, and then I put some on sticks for my fave kiddos.
I know there are several meringue recipes out there on the internet, pinterest, etc. I use my grams and it has yet to fail me. I have no idea where it is from, but it is kept jammed in to her cook book written on the back of an old greeting card. Suggesting to me that she found it in a magazine or on TV and grabbed the closest thing to her to write the recipe on.
I love her hand written recipe card, but I will share it all with you electronically ;)
My grandma always added chocolate chips to hers, so that is always an option. I omit them because I don't like chocolate. *gasp* yeah, I figured we get it out now. I do not like chocolate. Also not a fan of pie. It's best you know now. I am sure it will come up later.
The ingredients for these cookies are simple ingredients that are usually on hand, the hardest part about the cookies is making sure you get the meringue right. For best results make sure there is no moisture in the bowl that you separate the egg whites in to. Also make sure not to get any yolk in the egg whites. It works best to use eggs that are room temperature.
The difference between soft peaks and stiff peaks:
Soft peaks will curl and fall easily off the beater. Still peaks will stand up.
To add sticks, lay a cookie stick out on the cookie sheet and pipe the meringue mixture over the stick. Add the sprinkles immediately after piping so they will stick to the cookies
And Enjoy! :)
from me and my animals dressed as humans:
For more pictures of some of my Valentines cookies, click
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