Hello hello,
I often celebrate many traditions in our house. One of my kids' favorites is this one in particular. Every year at Halloween, like most families, we carve pumpkins, roast the seeds and light our jack-o-lanterns. One other thing we do is make bones! Yup, they're meringue and they're so cute!
This is the recipe I use, however if my oven is not able to be surrendered overnight, I just bake them for an additional hour.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups sugar
Pinch of salt
5 egg whites at room temperature
Pinch of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon almond, vanilla, orange or lemon extract
Preparation:
1.
Preheat oven to 220°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Prepare pastry bag with round #10 tip (about 3/8-inch diameter).
2.
Combine sugar and salt in small bowl. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in small bowl with electric mixer at low speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar mixture, beating constantly. Beat until stiff peaks form and meringue is shiny and smooth. Add extract; beat just until blended.
3.
Fill pastry bag with meringue. Pipe log 3 to 4 inches long. Pipe 2 balls on both ends of each log. Smooth any peaks with wet finger. Repeat with remaining meringue.
4.
Bake 30 minutes; turn off heat. Leave cookies in oven overnight; do not open oven door.
Tip To give the "bones" an ivory or "aged" look, add 1 to 2 drops yellow food coloring with the extract.
I've taken these bones and put them into our Large clear take out container and fancied it up a bit. I've also used our stamp set from RBD Happy Halloween.
Happy Spooking folks! My youngest is going to be a ferocious lion, and my oldest is going as a ninja. I'll try to snap a few pics to share! :)
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