Lemon meringue cookies
Lemon meringue cookies

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lemon meringue cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lemon Meringue cookies are pretty little puffs of baked meringue that have the fresh, bright flavor of lemon. They practically melt in your mouth! Lemon Meringue Cookies are a wonderful spring and summer recipe whether you are making them for your Easter dessert, Mother's Day brunch, or just as a light dessert for summer parties.

Lemon meringue cookies is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lemon meringue cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lemon meringue cookies using 10 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon meringue cookies:
  1. Take Meringue cookies
  2. Get 3 egg whites
  3. Prepare 3/4 cup super fine sugar
  4. Take 1 tsp lemon juice
  5. Make ready lemon curd
  6. Make ready 1 the zest of one lemon
  7. Take 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
  8. Take 3 tbsp butter
  9. Get 4 eggs
  10. Get 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar

We used to purchase them online or from Trader Joe's. Lemon Meringue Cookies have all the flavor of a lemon meringue pie without the hassle of making an entire pie. These bite-sized cookies are the perfect finger food dessert to serve at parties, or any time you're craving lemon meringue. Just make fresh meringue and assemble the mini lemon meringue pie tarts to create a tasty little dessert!

Steps to make Lemon meringue cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 250°
  2. Separate egg whites from the yolks. If ANY yolk gets into the whites start over. Leave the whites out at room temp.
  3. While the eggs sit start the lemon curd. In a heavy bottom saucepan combine eggs, sugar, and lemon juice on medium heat.
  4. When the ingredients are combined add butter.
  5. Whisk constantly until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Cover and chill.
  6. To start the meringue beat the egg whites on medium until they form soft peaks.
  7. Slowly add sugar a couple tablespoons at a time. Increase mixing speed.
  8. Once all the sugar is incorporated add the lemon juice and continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
  9. The meringue is ready when the bowl can be flipped upside down, the meringue looks glossy, and no sugar granules can be felt.
  10. You may add color at this point if you wish. Transfer to a piping bag.
  11. Line a cookie sheet with a silicon mat or parchment. If you use parchment make sure you pipe a small amount of the meringue to the cookie sheet on each corner to glue it down.
  12. Pipe one circle, then pipe another circle around the first one leaving space in the middle. Think of a little cup to hold the curd. They can be quite close together as they do not rise.
  13. Place in the oven and leave for about an hour then turn off the oven and let them cool for another hour. Do not open the oven until the meringues are no longer shiny. At least 40 minutes.
  14. Once the meringues are done fill them with the lemon curd and they're done. Meringue can be made up to a week a head of time. Store in the refrigerator.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a baking mat. In the bowl of a stand mixer affixed with a whisk attachment, add the egg whites. an easy and very low fat cookie that is suitable for passover. Using citrus juice stabilizes the meringue so you don't need cream of tartar or vinegar. Beat the egg whites and salt with an electric mixer on medium-high.

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