Meringue Minis Cookies

 

Looking for cookie recipe that does not call for flour?

This recipe might be what you are looking for!

 

Meringue cookies are usually made up of Egg white and Sugar only, according personal preference, you may add your favourite ingredients to enrich the flavour, taste and texture.

 

This recipe is easy and simple, it doesn't require many cooking utensils; as long as you have an electrical mixer, you are good to start!

 

 

 

 

 

 Time: 25 minutes + baking time (30 to 45 minutes)

 

Serving: 12  6-inches cookies  or 3 cups of mini cookies

 

 

Ingredients:

 

Egg White             2

Icing Sugar           1/2 C

 

 

 

Instruction:

 

1) Preheat oven to 280 F

2) Separate egg white and egg yolk

3) Using an electrical mixer, beat egg white until foamy - soft peak ( about 2 minutes)

4) Sparkle icing sugar no more than 1 Tbsp at a time into egg white foam. Keep beating until all sugar is used

5) Stop beating when egg white foam can hold its shape. (Using a spoon to scoope foam, and see if its consistency is still runny ( water-liked); if so, beat till foam is stiff or hold shape)

6) Using a piping bag* to create cookie shape, or simple spoon egg white foam and drop on ungreased cookie sheet.

7) Bake for 30 to 45 minutes depends on size of cookie, if surface of cookie becomes hard, take out from oven and let cool.

8) Enjoy.



 

 

 

*Tips: No piping bag? Simply use a plastic storage bag such as Ziploc bag or those clear bags you get from the bulk barn store work too!  Scoop spoonful of mixture and put in one corner of the bag, cut  corner of the bag to create a hole. It is just that simple.

 

 

Easter addition: Bunny Cream Cheese Cupcake

    Since I have some cream cheese leftover, I thought I would try baking cream cheese cupcake. One thing that I noticed between a yellow (butter) cake than a cream cheese cupcake is that the latter gives a denser texture, but yet moist. Cream cheese cake gives more flavour and amour as well. The cream cheese I used in this recipe was plain cream cheese.  It would be an interesting experiment using flavoured cream cheese such as strawberry cream cheese in this recipe.

 

Time: 30 minutes + baking time

Servings:    8 cupcakes

 

Ingredients:

Butter                          90 g / 6 Tbsp

Plain Cream Cheese  90g   / 6 Tbsp
Icing Sugar                  2/3 C
Vanilla Extract            2 tsp
Egg                               2
Self-Rising Flour         1/8 C
All-purpose Flour      ½ C

Instructions:

1)      Pre-heat oven to 350 F, prepare muffin pan with greased muffin paper cup

2)      In a big bowl, mix butter, cream cheese, egg, vanilla extract and icing sugar, using electrical mixer, beat until fluffy.

3)      Add flour into mixture, blend well

4)      Pour spoonful mixture into each cups

5)      Bake till golden brown or when insert come out clean

 

Variation:

Add chocolate chips, shredded coconut into mixture before adding flour for personal preference.



 

No pan-fry Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Serve 1      Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 Piece of White Bread   +   1 Slice of Processed Cheddar Cheeses

Instruction:

1) Toasted bread in toaster for 1 minute or until surface has been grilled crispy

2) Used a knife, pick an edge, gently slice between bread to create pocket/ opening on a side of the bread

3) Put in slice of cheese in the pocket, cut size if needed

4) Toasted bread for 2 minutes or until golden brown with opening facing up

5) Served hot, enjoy!

Thin crispy crust with melting cheese :)



Pink Lady Strawberry Cake

Ingredients:

Pastry cake flour               1.5 C
Sugar                                 1 C
Baking powder                 1.5 tsp
Salt                                    pinch
Butter  (soften)                  1/2 C
Strawberry                        1/2 C
Egg white                          1.5
Milk                                  2 Tbsp



Instruction:

1) Pre heat oven to 350F
2) In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking power and salt.
3) Pureed strawberry using blender or a fork to mash strawberry to finest.
4) Incorporated butter into flour mixture.
5) Poured strawberry puree in to mixture, using mixer to blend mixture until fluffy ( for about 3 - 4 mins)
6) Separated egg yolk from egg whites, whisked egg whisk and milk until it is well blended
7) Add half egg white mixture into batter, mix until well blended,  add the rest of egg white mixture and mix until well blended
8) Prepared baking pan with baking sheet placed on bottom, poured batter in pan, baked for 20 minutes or until insert comes out clean