South Beach Diet Friendly Chocolate Meringue Cookies Recipes

SOUTH BEACH DIET FRIENDLY CHOCOLATE MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine egg whites, cream of tartar, and vanilla. Beat until the whites form soft peaks. Slowly add sugar substitute and cocoa; beat until stiff peaks form, and mixture becomes glossy.
• Optional - Fold in nuts.
• Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls on to a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

SOUTH BEACH DIET CHOCOLATE COOKIES (PHASE 1)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all ingredients.
• Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 minutes or until firm to the touch.

CHOCOLATE MERINGUE COOKIES - LOW CALORIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Line non-stick baking sheets with parchment paper or use the Silpat sheets to prevent the cookies from sticking.
• In a small bowl, combine the 1/4 cup cocoa and sugar together; set aside.
• In a large bowl using your electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy.
• While beating, add salt, cream of tartar, and vanilla extract.
• Add the cocoa/sugar mixture, 1 tablespoons at a time, until the egg whites are stiff and glossy.
• Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto non-stick baking sheets.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1 teaspoon cocoa and cinnamon.
• Using a sieve or a sifter, sprinkle mixture over the non-baked cookies.
• Bake 90 minutes; turn off the oven, open the door slightly (secure with a wooden spoon), and allow cookies to cool in the oven.
• Remove from oven and store in a tightly covered (airtight) container.

CHOCOLATE MERINGUE KISSES

Steps:

• Tip: Make sure your bowl is completely dry and clean of grease or the whites will not whip up enough.
• Preheat oven to 250°F
• Place egg whites and cream of tartar in a clean bowl or electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Whisk at highest speed until whites form soft peaks that hold their shape when you lift the whisk.
• Add the sugar substitute, 1 tablespoon at a time; whisk until whites turn glossy and form stiff peaks that hold their shape. Do not underbeat.
• Whisk in cocoa and vanilla until blended.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Fit a large star nozzle into a pastry bag. Fill pastry bag with meringue.
• Pipe 20 meringue kisses onto prepared sheets.
• Bake 30 minutes, until crisp and dry.
• Turn oven off, let cookies cool in oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet.
• Sandwich pairs of cooled cookies together with whipped topping.
• These cookies will keep for a week, tightly covered. Wait to sandwich the cookies together until just before serving.

EASY AND DELICIOUS MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225f.
• Beat egg whites in a metal bowl with a hand-held beater or a mixmaster untill foamy. Add vanilla and cream of tartar.
• Continue to beat, and add sugar one tsp at a time.
• Beat untill it forms stiff peaks.
• Put meringue into a thin square bag, and cut a SMALL hole in a bottom corner of the bag, so the meringue will come out in a string about the size of a thick pencil.
• On a cookie sheet lined with pachment paper squeeze from outside in, making a spiral, then make a peak in the middle. The meringue should be about 1 inch in diameter. You will probably need a second cookie sheet.
• bake for one hour, or untill tops are golden brown.

CHOCOLATE MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease the cookie sheets, and cover with parchment paper or wax paper.
• (I usually spray the paper with non-stick vegetable spray).
• Melt the chocolate chips over hot water in double boiler.
• If you prefer (and this is the way I prefer doing it), you can melt them in the microwave.
• Start by cooking for 20 seconds.
• Stir and return to the microwave for another 10 seconds.
• Stir again, and repeat the process until all the chips are melted.
• Beat the egg whites until foamy, and then begin gradually adding the sugar while continuing to beat.
• Beat until stiff.
• Then beat in the vanilla and vinegar.
• Gently fold in the chocolate and nuts, if desired.
• Drop the batter, a teaspoon at a time, onto the sheets, leaving about 3 inches between each.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until firm to the touch.
• Remove immediately from sheets.
• Store in airtight container.
• NOTE: Try not to store these for too long.
• Although they will keep, they will dry out a bit and lose that gooeyness inside somewhat, which is what makes them so special.

SOUTH BEACH PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degres. Mix the three ingredients thoroughly. Drop by spoonfuls on a cookie sheet. Dip a fork in Splenda and press gently on top of cookie.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from pan carefully after cooling slightly. Enjoy!