Making Homemade Meringues

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Yield: 20-24 meringues

Ingredients:

• 4 large egg whites
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 14 ounces walnuts, roughly chopped

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 220 F. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add the salt and lemon juice. Continue to beat.

 
2. Add the sugar, 1/3 at a time as not to weight down the whites. Keep beating until all of it is mixed in and creamy.

 
3. Gently fold in the walnuts.

 
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4. Use two tablespoons to to drop mounds of the meringue onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

 
5. Bake meringues in preheated oven for 50 minutes, then drop temperature to 200 F for 10 minutes until crisp. If they're still a bit soft, let them bake a bit longer.