chocolate chip meringue cookies

How To Make chocolate chip meringue cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350 .
• 2

  Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• 3

  In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy.
• 4

  Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy but not at all dry. (Be careful not to over beat.)
• 5

  Add the sugar gradually, about 3 tablespoons at a time
• 6

  When 1/2 of the sugar has been added, add the vanilla extract.
• 7

  Continue beating and adding remaining sugar in batches, until all of the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and tight.
• 8

  Gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
• 9

  Working one teaspoon at a time, push a teaspoon 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.
• 10

  Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and turn the oven off.
• 11

  Leave the cookies (undisturbed) in the oven for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, or until cookies are crisp and dry.
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