Coco Meringue Puffs 1968
- 4 large egg whites, room temperature
- 12 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 12 cup granulated superfine sugar
- 12 cup powdered confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixer bowl, with the ballon whisk beat room temperature whites until frothy.
- Add the cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peaks form.
- Add the superfine white sugar gradually beating until firm stiff peaks and glossy.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer and now sift the powdered icing sugar and the cocoa powder over top of stiff glossy peaks, and fold in evenly using a hand held whisk.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chipits.
- Using a tablespoon drop mounds about two inches high and one inch apart onto the parchment.
- Let cookies sit and dry at room temperature on the counter for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
- Bake now for two hours at the 200 degrees.
- Cookies should not begin to turn any colour.
- Turn off the oven and leave in oven with door closed for another hour.
- Remove after that hour onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Store in an air tight tin container at room temperature up to two months.
- This should make at least two dozen cookies.
egg whites, cream of tartar, sugar, powdered confectioners, dutch, chocolate chips
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coco-meringue-puffs-1968-162766 (may not work)