Saturday, December 27, 2014

Merry Christmas Meringue Cookies - 11 Days till Christmas!



Merry Christmas Meringue Cookies


These lovely little low carb treasures are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Substitute Christmas mini M&M's for the chocolate chips for a festive Christmas look.  Made as follows they are low carb but by omitting the chocolate they are just as tasty and have only 3 carbs each.  Bet you can't eat just one!

2 large egg whites at room temperature
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup dark chocolate, finely chopped
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped

Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.  Preheat oven to 350. Using electric mixer beat egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy. Add the one half of the sugar gradually then add vanilla. Slowly add the remaining sugar and beat until sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and mixture holds it's shape.  Gently fold in chocolate chips and nuts. Place one teaspoon of mixture onto prepared cookie sheets leaving 1inch space between cookies. Turn oven OFF and place cookies in oven and leave cookies in oven, undisturbed, for at least 2 hours or overnight. Makes 36 cookies.

Each cookie with chocolate
Calories 36
Carbs 4.5
Fat  2
Protein .5

Each cookie without chocolate
Calories 24
Carbs 3
Fat 1
Protein .5

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