This recipe has many variations. Instead of one cup of dried fruit, you can use 1/2 cup fruit and 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips just to add a little bit of choclate goodness to your Thursday.
Ingredients
Makes 20 cookies
- 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup dried peaches, apricots or other dried fruit, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 cup sliced almonds or other chopped nuts
- 1 Tbs. cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon, optional
Method
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- With electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar until meringue forms stiff, yet billowy, glossy peaks. Set aside.
- Mix dried fruit, nuts, cornstarch and cinnamon, if using, in separate bowl. Fold meringue into nut mixture.
- Spoon heaping tablespoon-sized dollops onto greased baking sheet or sheet lined with parchment paper (or for ease, use 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop to drop perfect mounds).
- Bake 40 minutes, or until meringues are lightly browned, set on outside and spring back when gently pressed in centers.
We made a batch with the choclate chips and they were gone after one afternooon. Yum.
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