Yummy Brown Sugar Meringues Recipe

It still amazes me sometimes, this cooking thing.   Take brown sugar meringues, for example.  Two egg whites at the bottom of a large mixing bowl do not look like much.  A half cup of brown sugar isn’t exactly a huge amount of anything, either.  But add a pinch of salt and the simple addition of air, and suddenly I’m spooning clouds of sweet meringue into a pastry bag and piping row after row onto a baking sheet. 

The Big Man and I just returned home after another whirlwind weekend out of town.  This time we went from New York to South Jersey to Baltimore and back again.  On Saturday, I and another girlfriend threw a baby shower for one of our closest friends.  The next day the Big Man and I packed up our rental car and drove to Baltimore for a wedding.  The groom and I have known each other since we were kids.

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I served these brown sugar meringues at the baby shower, on a fold-out table in the backyard of a farm, under the branches of an enormous, ancient tree.  Of all the items I had stress-baked for the shower, these meringues were my favorite.  Just three ingredients and some time with a mixer, and they were a hit; not too sweet, a little crispy-chewy, and perfect with tall glass of iced tea.

I feel like the relationships in my life start out like the bowl of plain egg whites, lonely and unadorned at the bottom of a mixing bowl. They might not look like much, but after time and air and sugar, the bowl is filled with goodness.

I like those lists, the plans I have, the ways I attempt to keep my life in order.  I feel so much more in control when I write things down.  But who knows about the unknown uncontrollable paths we really travel along?   Who could have guessed the random path that brought me to here, standing under a huge tree in a backyard, watching tablecloths whip in the wind and swallowing away a lump in my throat?  That a little boy I knew in kindergarten would someday grow up and walk down the aisle with his new wife.  That the little things, like two plain egg whites at the bottom of a bowl, would whip into something so huge and wonderful.

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Yummy Brown Sugar Meringues Recipe

Brown sugar meringues Recipe very simple and very yummy. How to make Brown sugar meringues? Let’s get the supplies down here and get moving.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time1 hr 14 mins

Total Time1 hr 24 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: international

Keyword: Brown Sugar Meringues Recipe

Calories: 300kcal

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites, room temperature
• large pinch of coarse sea salt
• ½ cup brown sugar

Instructions

• In a glass or stainless steel bowl and using a hand mixer set to medium-low, whip the egg whites until foamy. Add the salt and continue to whip until soft peaks form.
  
• Add the sugar and turn the mixer to medium-high. Whip until the mixture turns glossy and stiff peaks form.

  Preheat the oven to 200*F.
• Place a pastry tip at the bottom of a pastry bag or a plastic bag with the tip cut off (see note) Pour the meringue mix into a pastry bag or a plastic baggie with the tip cut out. If you don’t have an extra hand helping in the kitchen, place the bag inside a tall pint glass and fill it that way.
• Pipe the meringues into flat cookies, leaving a little “foot” tip at the end if you’d like. Alternatively, you can pipe them into rounds- whichever you prefer.
• Bake for 75 minutes. Turn off the oven, prop the oven door open slightly, and allow the meringues to sit for at least another hour in the oven.
• These are best the next day, after they have sat out overnight. To store, keep in a closed container in a cool, dry place. The meringues wiill keep for several weeks this way.