- 2 egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- Green Icing Color
- Piping Bag, and Star Tip
- Parchment Paper
- Permanent Marker
- Mini m&ms, and colored sugar (for decorating)
1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
2. Draw stencils of a whimsical Christmas tree using the permanent marker, and flip parchment over so the marker side is facing down (you should still be able to see the stencil) — Set Aside
3. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, add egg whites, salt, vanilla and lemon juice.
4. Beat to soft peaks, gradually adding sugar
Picture 5 shows the egg whites half way to soft peaks
Picture 6 shows the meringue at the perfect peak consistency.
7. Gradually fold in green icing color. It is important that you fold the color, so you do not remove the air from the meringue
8. Fill a piping bag with the meringue, and follow the Christmas tree stencil.
I started getting a little creative, and I even made holly meringues, and mini wreaths! Even though I had my stencil, I found that my free hand trees were cuter.
9. Sprinkle crushed peppermint candy, or colored sugar over the cookies.
10. Bake for about 40 minutes in a preheated oven. Meringues should be completely dry on the inside. Do not allow them to brown.
11. Turn off oven. Keep oven door ajar, and let meringues sit in the oven until completely cool.
Store loosely covered in cool dry place for up to 3 weeks. 
ENJOY
ENJOY
December 11th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Beautiful!
December 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Perfect for the holidays! If you have time will you drop by at Foodista ? We are building an online food and cooking encyclopedia ala wikipedia and i hope you can build your profile there share your recipes with us as well.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:51 am
vad ca esti foarte priceputa si ai imaginatie si idei,te pupik dulce.tusa.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Seriously, you are a genius. I love these. May I post this one on my blog when it is closer to December, too?
December 10th, 2012 at 7:17 am
of course when you dont have time to cook, fastfoods would always be the best option