Walnut Meringue Cookies Recipes

AUNT GRETA'S WALNUT MERINGUES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Whip the egg white with a whip attachment until stiff.
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, and salt and continue whipping until stiff and glossy. Fold in the walnuts.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto a parchment lined sheet pan and bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool and remove from the pan. Store in an airtight container.

WALNUT MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Grind walnuts (medium grind--not as fine as flour but not as coarse as whole sesame seeds). Purists say that a nut grinder needs to be used, but for this recipe, I find that a food processor works fine. Whip egg whites. (Alternatively, if you're in a great hurry, you don't even need to bother whipping the egg whites, in which case the cookie will be flat and smooth and chewier, and will need a bit less time to bake.) Thoroughly fold in ground nuts and sugar. Place heaping spoonfuls of mixture on 11" by 18" cookie sheet (parchment paper lined, or use a Teflon-coated one that has been lightly buttered and floured, as the batter is sticky). Space them at least 1 inch apart, as they spread when baking. There will be 24 cookies. (You can also make 48 small cookies, in which case cut the baking time about in half.) Bake in pre-heated 350F oven until golden (perhaps 20 minutes). They will still look a bit moist and raw inside-do not be dismayed! (If you bake them until they look baked inside, they will be dry and hard.) Cool 10 to 15 minutes, and remove from baking sheet. Cool another 10 to 15 minutes, then store in air-tight container, at room temperature. (If you're cautious about egg whites, store cookies in fridge but let come to room temperature before eating.) Will keep 7 to 10 days perfectly; also freeze well. They can be eaten when still warm, or when cool.

NUTTY MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, using a hand beater, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, salt and vanilla until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar and beat until the sugar dissolves and stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Gently fold in the chopped nuts.
• Drop the batter onto silicone mats or parchment lined baking sheets (will need 2) with a teaspoon, spacing at least 2 inches apart. Bake until the meringues are dried through, about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. The cookies will remove easily from the parchment or silicone mat when ready.
• Cook's Note: Do not bake on humid days. Dye these any color to suit a seasonal event. For orange cookies, add 5 drops of food coloring.

MERINGUES, CHOCOLATE WALNUT

Steps:

• Directions
• 1. Preheat oven to 275°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 2. In a medium, clean, grease-free bowl with an electric mixer on high speed, whip egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar and whip until soft peaks form. Add sugar gradually, whipping until stiff but not dry peaks form. Beat in vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by generously rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• 3. Bake until completely firm and dry, but still white, about 25 minutes; you should be able to lift cookies from pan. Slide parchment onto racks to cool cookies completely.

NAN-E GERDUI - TRADITIONAL PERSIAN WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until creamy. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and walnuts. Beat thoroughly for a few minutes with a wooden spoon.
• Preheat oven to 300°F Grease a cookie sheet. Drop batter by the teaspoonful on the sheet, leaving about 2 1/2 inches between cookies. Decorate each one with ground pistachios.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes in the center of the oven. Remove the cookies from the oven and cool. Lift the cookies off the sheet.
• Arrange the cookies on a serving dish. Nush-e Jan!

DATE-NUT MERINGUES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. With the mixer on high speed, beat in salt; then gradually add sugar, about a tableshppon at a time, beating well after each addition, until whites fold stiff, glossy peaks.
• Add vanilla and beat for 1 minute. Fold in dates and walnuts.
• Drop meringue mixture by rounded teaspoonfulls onto well-greased cooking sheets, spacing cookies about 1 inch apart. Bake in a 200°F oven for 1 hour or until outside is dry and set; cookies should not turn brown.
• Let cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to racks and let cool completely. Store airtight.

WALNUT MERINGUE LAYERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment. Using a cake pan or a ruler, trace a 9-inch square on each piece of parchment.
• Whisk walnuts, 3/4 cup superfine sugar, the confectioners' sugar, and salt.
• With an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg whites on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup superfine sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in walnut mixture with a spatula. Spread batter evenly onto traced squares on parchment, and smooth tops.
• Bake for 2 1/2 hours. Turn off oven, and let cool in oven until completely dry, about 75 minutes.
• Carefully peel meringue layers from parchment, and let cool completely on wire racks.

MAGIC WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl mix together the egg whites, sugar, and nuts until well blended. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, three inches apart, onto the lined cookie sheets. Using the back of a spoon, dipped in water, flatten into rounds about 1.5 inches in diameter. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Let cool slightly before removing from sheets. If the cookies are stuck, they need to be baked a little longer.
• In a plastic bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave oven, stirring every 15 or 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. This can also be done over a double boiler. Spread the chocolate onto the flat side of a cookie and stick it together with the flat side of another cookie to make a sandwich until all the cookies are used up.