It has been so cold and dry here that I naturally started to think about meringues. The less humidity, the better the odds that I could successfully experiment with them. I have been in a particularly mad scientist-y kind of mood lately. The Technique & Recipe I began with my egg-separating station. I got four […]
Chocolate Meringue Valentine’s Day Heart Cookies
After making Nadia G’s heart-stopping Chocolate Cheese Brownies I wanted to try making a more heart-friendly dessert for Valentine’s Day. I love meringues but have never made chocolate ones before so I thought they would make a great low fat chocolatey treat for that special someone. After making Bobby Flay’s egg yolk-ladden cinnamon crunch ice cream I […]
My Version of Martha Stewart’s Halloween Sweet Bloody Bones
My sister Jamie LOVES meringues and raspberries which is where the inspiration for this Halloween foodie idea came from. I started with this Martha Stewart recipe for inspiration. I saw that some of the reviews were not very happy with the results so I played around and made my own version. I got very, very lucky. I […]
Maple Pecan Version of Bon Appetit’s Vanilla Meringues
It has been unusually dry here (and cold!) here this spring, absolutely perfect weather conditions to make meringues. Meringues take time but they are worth it! They cost pennies to make and have zero fat. I turned to the tome of recipe Bon Appetit Desserts for their version of vanilla meringues. Then I added some of my […]
Warning: Raspberry Ice Cream & Meringue Basket Disaster ahead!
Merry Christmas Meringues
People are frightened of meringues. Not of eating them of course, but of making them. In some ways I can see why, they are a little tricky and require more time than your average cookie but they are worth following some simple baking rules. The payoff is extraordinary. I once brought a big container of […]
