It’s a weekend. It’s snowing. It’s the Great Scot’s (aka my mom) birthday. So obviously I will be in the kitchen attempting to whip something up.
The Great Scot loves meringues. Things requiring pastry bags and precision are not usually my friends, but I figured I’d give it a whirl anyway.
I found this super easy recipe for meringue kisses. Start out small. Baby steps. Besides the smaller the recipe, the least likely chance for me to screw it up. Hopefully, lol.
I started with the dissolving the sugar in egg over the water bath. It’s not a step I recall seeing on the plethora of cooking shows I obsessively watch in hopes they’ll improve my shoddy kitchen skills. I liked it though. It put my working with raw egg anxiety at ease a little bit.
I love anything that requires me using my stand mixer. This is only the third time I have gotten to use it. I let it frantically whisk away. Occasionally checking for stiff peaks.
I didn’t start having problems until the piping.
Reasons why I should not be allowed near a piping bag:
1. I do not have a steady hand.
2. I am incapable for squeezing lightly. It’s either full force or no force with me.
3. I end up wearing most of the piping bag contents.
I managed to get enough meringue onto the cookie sheet to make pre-heating the oven worth while. I did have some minor issues with the final product. They were chewy. Really chewy. I put them back in for another 15 minutes with some more drying time. Chewiness resolved.
I dipped half of them in chocolate and packaged them in a ziplock bag. I put them in my holiday cookie tin and left them on the counter over night. I did not want to let the chewiness set back in by putting them in the fridge. I also purchased a bottle of champagne to give the Great Scot in case the meringues did not taste as good as they looked, lol.
Fast forward to the final taste test– Success! I will be making larger ones now for Boxing Day dessert!
I cannot bake. I’ve never been able to bake. I screw up slice and bake. This gives me hope as it sounds like we share many of the same neuroses and a pair of unsteady hands. Sometimes I think about trying but the problem is I refuse to start small. I want to make rainbow cookies! And macarons. I should probably find the easiest possible recipe and start there. But I never do.
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Do it. These are simple but look fancy fancy and complicated. It’s a win-win!
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