Chocolate Meringue Cookies - Low Calorie
"Dessert or snack for the low calorie lifestyle. This comes from whatscookingamerica website."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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50 cookies
- Serves:
- 50
ingredients
- 6 egg whites, room temperature
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
directions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- Line non-stick baking sheets with parchment paper or use the Silpat sheets to prevent the cookies from sticking.
- In a small bowl, combine the 1/4 cup cocoa and sugar together; set aside.
- In a large bowl using your electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy.
- While beating, add salt, cream of tartar, and vanilla extract.
- Add the cocoa/sugar mixture, 1 tablespoons at a time, until the egg whites are stiff and glossy.
- Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto non-stick baking sheets.
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1 teaspoon cocoa and cinnamon.
- Using a sieve or a sifter, sprinkle mixture over the non-baked cookies.
- Bake 90 minutes; turn off the oven, open the door slightly (secure with a wooden spoon), and allow cookies to cool in the oven.
- Remove from oven and store in a tightly covered (airtight) container.
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This was one of the recipes that I had in mind when I finally purchased an electric hand mixer. Needless to say, I felt that this was truly a letdown. I had high hopes for this recipe, what with all the envisions of light melt-in-your mouth cookies worth only 10 calories! The pictures on the website were so promising!<br/>On my first try, I found that my egg whites weren't reaching the soft peak stage, much less the stiff peak stage. I decided to do a redo, but only this time I wasn't going to whisk the cocoa in. Instead, I folded the cocoa into the egg whites after they had been whipped. <br/>After baking them for an hour, I was shocked to discover that my lovely meringue cookies had burnt! This is one recipe that definitely has some kinks that need to be worked out. -
it was terrible!!! i was really looking forward to them and after about 45 min the were burnt!!!
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Although many of my recipes posted are of desserts I like to make for family or friends, I have for the last several years ascribed to a healthier lifestyle...eating lots of protein, veggies and fruits. No, I am not a low carber....I eat the right carbs....brown rice, whole wheat bread and all in moderation. I do have several recipes posted that I use often that adhere to these guidelines. When you combine eating nutrient dense foods with monitoring your caloric intake, you can't help but be healthy! There is an awesome free website that you can use along with Zaar to help meet these goals. It is www.calorie-count.com. It takes a day or two to learn how to use it...but it is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to analyze what they eat and figure out what your caloric expenditures and allowances should be. Like Zaar it also had a wonderful community of people with a common interest...staying healthy while enjoying foods. OK...enough of the plug...but I really do love that website!
Zaar has been great for finding recipes that fit this lifestyle...many recipes can simply be modified to be healthy. The variety this gives us has made the difference in getting the whole family to eat that way....that's right...I don't think my daughter has tasted white bread more than two to three times in her life!!! On all four of her birthdays she turned up her nose at the cake I baked her (a once a year exception)....which made me so happy!!
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