Make delicate meringue cookies, perfect for tea, and garden parties.The recipe yields about 30 roses.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time4 hourshrs
Course: Candy, Cookies, Dessert, Frosting
Cuisine: American, French
Keyword: meringue, meringue cookies, pink rose meringue cookies, rose meringue cookies
Servings: 30
Author: Hani
Ingredients
6egg whites (180 grams)
1 1/2cupgranulated sugar (300 grams)
1tspcream of tartar, or 2 teaspoons of lemon juice or vinegar
1tspVanilla Extract
Instructions
Meringue
Combine egg whites (6 egg whites, 180 grams), granulated sugar (1 ½ cups, 300 grams), and cream of tartar (1 teaspoon) in a heat-proof bowl.Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water. Whisk mixture until all of the sugar is dissolved.TIP: Rub the mixture between your finger to check if the sugar is dissolved.
Secure the bowl onto your stand mixer and beat it with wire beaters. Start at low speed, then gradually increase to medium-high. Don't beat meringue at high speed.
When medium stiff peaks are formed, add Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon) and continue beating until stiff peaks are formed. When the peak doesn't fall down or bend you are ready to go.
Color Meringue and Prepare Piping Bags
Divide stiff meringue into three bowls and color it with gel food coloring. I used pink gel color.Fold the color into the meringue so it doesn't deflate too much. Excessive stirring will cause the meringue to collapse.Prepare three piping bags, all fitted with a petal piping tip #125.
Pipe Roses
To make the roses, you need three shades of pink. Secure parchment square onto a flower nail with a little bit of meringue. Hold the piping bag so the narrow end of the petal tip faces up and the wide end faces the flower nail.Dark Pink - use this meringue to pipe the center petal; you don't need a lot of dark meringue. Pipe a first petal with dark pink meringue.Medium Pink - switch to a piping bag with medium pink and pipe three petals around the first petal.Light Pink - switch to the piping bag with a light shade of pink and pipe five outer petals. Clean up the bottom edge with a toothpick and place the roses onto a baking sheet.
Bake Cookies
Bake meringue roses at 175F for 3-4 hours, turn off the oven, and leave the cookies until the oven cools.
Notes
How to Store Meringue Cookies? Store in an airtight container. Add a food-grade silica gel packet or raw white rice to the container to remedy humidity.
Can you Freeze Meringue Cookies? Freeze cookies in an airtight container layered between parchment for up to 3 months.