Valentine’s Day Recipes

Valentine Meringue Hearts

Ingredients:

3 Egg whites

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon Cream of tartar

1 dash Salt

1 cup Sugar

Red food coloring

1 quart Vanilla ice cream

1 pint Strawberries; sliced

Directions:

Cut a heart pattern from a 4-1/2 inch square of paper. Cover baking sheet with

brown paper. (You can bake on the brown paper so make sure it is clean.) Grocery

store bags without writing on them are okay. Draw 6 hearts on the brown paper

using your pattern as a guide.

Beat egg whites with vanilla, cream of tartar and salt until frothy. Add sugar, a little

at a time, and continue beating until stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Rub a

bit between your figures to feel that no sugar remains undissolved. Add food

coloring, a few drops to make a delicate pink color.

Spread meringue over the heart shapes, 1/4 inch thick. Make into the heart shape

using a spoon to push and form into correct shape. Pipe rim 3/4 inch high with

pastry tube.

Bake in preheated 275-degree oven for 1 hour. Turn off oven and let meringues dry

in oven for 1 more hour. DO NOT open oven door during this time.

Fill the cooled meringues with scoops of ice cream and top with strawberries.

Decorate with mint leaves if desired.

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