santa hats

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 egg whites at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 drop red food coloring, or desired amount
• 3 tablespoons red colored sugar, or as desired

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 50 mins


• preheat oven to 200 degrees f (95 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• beat egg whites in a bowl until they form soft peaks; beat cream of tartar and vanilla extract into egg whites. gradually beat white sugar into mixture until meringue forms stiff peaks. transfer 1/4 of the meringue mixture into a separate bowl. beat red food coloring into remaining 3/4 of meringue.
• transfer colored meringue into a piping bag fitted with a round tip. pipe 20 santa hat shaped triangles, about 1 1/2 inch tall and bending over at the tips, the parchment paper-lined baking sheet. sprinkle the hats with red sugar.
• transfer remaining 1/4 uncolored meringue into a clean piping bag fitted with a round tip. pipe little white pom-poms each hat tip and a small edging of fluffy white trim the bottom of each hat.
• bake meringue cookies in the preheated oven until hard but not browned, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. turn off oven and let cookies cool inside oven until crisp, 1 hour.