Turn The Oven Off Cookies Recipes

"TURN THE OVEN OFF" COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven, yes you still have to turn the oven on, for now, to 400 degrees.
• Cover a cookie sheet with foil.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Add sugar, 1/8th at a time, beat until crystals disappear (don't overbeat).
• Add vanilla and mix 2 minutes.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet.
• TURN OVEN OFF.
• Leave cookies in oven for 2 hours.
• Store in air tight container after cool.

FORGOTTEN COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites and salt until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until whites form stiff peaks. Fold in the vanilla and chocolate chips. Add peanuts if desired. Spoon onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Place the cookies into the preheated oven, shut the door and turn off the oven immediately. Let cookies sit in the turned off oven for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.

MERINGUE COOKIES ("FORGOTTEN KISSES")

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy but not at all dry. (Be careful not to over beat.) Add the sugar gradually, about 3 tablespoons at a time. When 1/2 of the sugar has been added, add the vanilla extract. Continue beating and adding remaining sugar in batches, until all of the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and tight. Gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Working one teaspoon at a time, push a teaspoonful of meringue from the tip of 1 teaspoon with the back of another teaspoon onto the lined baking sheets, leaving 1-inch of space between cookies. Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and turn the oven off. Leave the cookies (undisturbed) in the oven for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, or until cookies are crisp and dry.

CLASSIC FORGOTTEN COOKIES WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a cookie sheet with foil and grease it with butter.
• Beat the egg whites until foamy. You can do this by hand with a whisk , but it's much faster to use a hand mixer or a standing mixer on medium speed.
• Gradually add the sugar and continue beating the egg whites until they hold stiff peaks .
• Add the vanilla and salt. Blend well.
• Using a spatula, fold in the pecans and chocolate chips by hand.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Put the cookies in the preheated oven and then turn the oven off .
• Leave the cookies in the oven overnight, keeping the door closed so the heat doesn't escape too quickly, for about 10 hours.

OVERNIGHT COOKIES

Steps:

• Place your glass or metal bowl and metal blender legs into the freezer for 30 to 45 minutes.
• Do not turn your oven off after your dinner or your "last" batch of cookies. Make sure oven is set at 350* to 400*.
• Place parchment paper on cookie sheets.
• Gently separate egg whites from yolks. Discard yolks.
• Remove bowl and blender legs from freezer.
• Place egg whites in cold bowl and blend on high with cold blender legs until stiff.
• While blending the egg whites stiff, add vanilla and salt.
• Gradually add sugar until the egg whites form stiff peaks. Do not over blend!
• If egg white mixture seems it be failing to form stiff peaks, in about 5 minutes, blend in cream of tartar.
• Gently fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Place by teaspoon full on the parchment covered cookie sheets.
• Put the cookie sheets into the oven an turn the oven off.
• Leave the cookies in the oven overnight (8 to 9 hours). NO PEEKING!
• Variation: Fold in 1/3 cup cocoa powder and substitute 1/2 of the chocolate chips for peanut butter chips and substitute peanuts for walnuts. This variation was created for my niece Lily, who has a tree nut allergy, but loves peanut butter.

VANILLA MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place egg whites and cream of tartar into a large bowl; beat using an electric mixer at medium speed until soft peaks form. Increase speed to high and add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time while mixing until stiff peaks form. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into the bowl and add vanilla extract; beat just until blended.
• Spoon batter into a pastry bag and pipe mounds onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn oven off; let cookies cool in the closed oven for 1 1/2 hours. Remove cookies carefully from paper.