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Orange Gingerbread Meringues -- Holiday meringues make the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platters! These melt-in-your-mouth Orange Gingerbread Meringues are packed with seasonal spices and dipped in dark chocolate | wearenotmartha.com

Orange Gingerbread Meringues

Christmas meringues make the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platters! These melt-in-your-mouth Orange Gingerbread Meringues are packed with seasonal spices and dipped in dark chocolate.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Eclectic
Keyword: Christmas Cookies, Flavored Meringues, Gingerbread Desserts, Holiday Cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Cooling Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Makes: 32 meringues
Author: Sues

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • Pinch ground nutmeg
  • Pinch ground allspice
  • Pinch ground cloves
  • 4 large egg whites
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp cream of tarter
  • 2 tsp finely chopped orange zest
  • 4 oz. chocolate
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 250 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, mix together sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
  • In the clean bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat egg whites and salt on medium speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar and continue to beat until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. 
  • Begin adding sugar mixture to egg mixture, 1 Tbsp at a time. Keep beating at high speed until stiff peaks form, about 6-8 minutes. Fold in orange zest.
  • Spoon meringue mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip (I use Wilton 2A) and pipe mounds about 1 ½-inch in diameter onto prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake until meringues are dry and no longer glossy, about 1 hour. Turn off the oven, crack the door open a bit, and leave meringues in oven for another 2 hours to completely dry and avoid cracking. 
  • In a double boiler or in a heat-proof bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt chocolate. Dip the bottoms of cooled meringues into melted chocolate and sprinkle sprinkles over the chocolate. Set on waxed paper to let chocolate dry.

Notes

  • Store meringues in airtight containers in a cool, dry spot for up to two weeks.
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