Meringue Cookies ('Forgotten Kisses')

By Hapemom

"Leave me Alone" cookies. You heat oven, put cookies in, turn off and let sit overnight.

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites, room temperature, beaten
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 t. vanilla extract
• 1 package (6-oz) semisweet chocolate chips (or finely-chopped semisweet chocolate)
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the sugar gradually, about 3 tablespoons at a time. When half the sugar has been added, add the vanilla extract. Continue beating and adding remaining sugar in batches, until all of the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and tight (about 5 minutes).

Gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped nuts.

Working one teaspoon at a time, push a teaspoonful of meringue from the tip of 1 teaspoon with the back of another teaspoon onto the lined baking sheets, leaving 1-inch of space between cookies. Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and turn the oven off. Leave the cookies (undisturbed) in the oven overnight (or at least 7 hours), or until cookies are crisp and dry.