Raspberry Meringue Hearts

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon raspberry jam
• 6 drops red food coloring
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 let eggs stand for 30 minutes to allow them to warm up to room temperature.
• 2 in small bowl, mix sugars.
• 3 in separate bowl, mix jam and food coloring.
• 4 beat eggs to soft peaks, adding cream of tartar while beating.
• 5 add sugar mixture to the eggs 1 tsp at a time while beating, approximately 5 minutes.
• 6 fold 1/2 c meringue mixture into jam.
• 7 fold remaining meringue back into the meringue/jam mixture.
• 8 place into a pastry bag with a large star tip.
• 9 pipe hearts onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. you may leave the hearts as an outline or fill them in until they are solid hearts.
• 10 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 11 place cookie sheets into oven and turn the oven off.
• 12 keep meringues in a closed oven for 1 hour or until crisp.