Simple Meringue Christmas Timber | 365 Days of Baking and Extra

If you happen to want a simple Christmas deal with the entire household will love, make these Meringue Christmas Timber! They’re dairy-free, gluten-free, straightforward, and lovable! Whip up a batch to your subsequent get together or vacation cookie plate, and watch them disappear very quickly flat!

These Christmas tree meringues are so enjoyable to make! Meringues have a barely crunchy texture on the skin and are mild and ethereal on the within, making them the right deal with to get pleasure from this time of 12 months. Don’t fear, beginner bakers—these are straightforward sufficient for even novices to make!

Welcome to 2023’s 12 Days of Cookies!
These Meringue Christmas Timber are Day 9 of our 12 Days of Cookies!
You should definitely take a look at all the different days for extra goodies!

Day 1 – Cherry Biscotti
Day 2 – Bitter Cream Cookies
Day 3 – Chai Spritz Cookies
Day 4 – Millionaire Bars
Day 5 – Chocolate Chip Potato Chip Cookies
Day 6 – Nana’s Oatmeal Cookies
Day 7 – No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Day 8 – Espresso Cake Cookies
Day 9 – You’re on it!
Day 10 – 
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What gear do I have to make Meringue Cookies?

To make these meringue Christmas bushes, you want typical baking gear like a big cookie sheet, measuring cups and spoons, parchment paper, a medium saucepan, and a heatproof mixing bowl and whisk.

You’ll additionally want a piping bag and an open giant star tip (I exploit Wilton 4B) to create the meringue bushes.

Components for Meringue Christmas Tree Cookies

You solely want a number of easy substances to make meringues:

Add Taste to your Meringues

If you’d like one thing aside from vanilla meringues, you may attempt including one in every of these flavors to your meringue combination. Use 1 teaspoon of every, however individually, in fact, not all collectively:

• Peppermint Extract
• Pumpkin Spice Combine
• Almond Extract
• Hazelnut Extract

The best way to make Christmas Tree Meringues

First, let’s put together our baking area and make the meringue combination.

1. Preheat the oven to 175 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper and set it apart.
2. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water, then carry it to a simmer over medium warmth.
3. In a big bowl that’s heatproof, mix the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar. Place this bowl over the saucepan and whisk the meringue combination always till the sugar dissolves and the egg whites are heat. This may take roughly 3-4 minutes, and you may check to see if the sugar is absolutely dissolved by rubbing the answer between your clear fingers; it ought to really feel clean to the contact when it’s prepared.
   • Word: I like to make use of the metallic bowl from my stand mixer as I can simply switch it again to my stand mixer within the subsequent step. If you happen to don’t have one, you should utilize an electrical mixer with the whisk attachment for the following step.
4. Take away the bowl from the warmth. Place the bowl again within the stand mixer, and beat on low velocity with the whisk attachment. Regularly improve the velocity of the mixer to excessive.
5. Proceed to beat the meringue for 7-10 minutes or till the egg whites kind shiny stiff peaks. Then add the inexperienced meals coloring and vanilla extract and beat till mixed, being positive to scrape down the edges of the bowl, too.

The best way to pipe Meringue Christmas Timber

Place a Wilton 4B piping tip into a big piping bag and lower off the tip of the bag. Fill the piping bag 3/4 full meringue. I like to make use of a tall cup or glass, place the piping bag down inside, after which fold the highest of the bag down over the rim of the cup. Then there’s loads of room to simply switch the meringue to the bag.

Now, pipe the Christmas tree form, holding the piping bag perpendicular (or at a 90-degree angle) to the baking sheet. It’s necessary that you simply maintain the again on the 90° angle over the parchment, in any other case, the bushes will probably be crooked and hunch. Simply take your time and be affected person. You bought this.
Comply with one in every of two strategies beneath to make the tree form:

• Maintain the piping bag in a single place and squeeze a ball of meringue onto the parchment, pushing down because it spreads to create the bottom of the tree. Launch the stress and pull up barely on the identical time, then squeeze once more the identical strategy to create the center of the tree, making it barely smaller. Launch the stress and pull up once more, then squeeze a remaining time to make the small high of the tree.
• Or, kind a circle by transferring the piping bag in a clockwise, round movement as you squeeze, then launch the stress and pull up. Kind the center by piping a barely smaller circle, then as soon as once more launch the stress and pull up. End with a small circle for the highest of the tree.

I discovered the bushes to be extra uniform and thought they seemed higher when pulling up the piping bag, creating the three sections versus utilizing the swirl technique. All the bushes pictured on this put up had been created that method.

The bushes ought to measure about 1 ¼ inch in top. If they’re taller than that they’ll fall over, so attempt to not make them too huge. 

Beautify the Meringue Christmas Tree Cookies

• Place a gold star on the highest of every meringue tree, then sprinkle every tree with white and gold sugar and/or coloured nonpareils. After all, be happy to make use of any Christmas sprinkles you need!
  • I’ve heard that some sprinkles don’t maintain up within the oven, so in case you are frightened about your stars melting, you may add them on the finish with only a dot of icing to carry them in place.
• You may also mud the bushes with powdered sugar to resemble snow, however don’t do that till after the meringues bake and funky. I used my OXO sugar duster to offer them that snowy look. 
• One other enjoyable possibility is to dip the baked and cooled meringues into melted chocolate.

Bake the Meringue Timber

Place the baking sheet within the preheated oven and bake for two hours. Don’t open the oven door at any level! After 2 hours, flip the oven off and depart the meringues inside for no less than one other 4 hours or in a single day. Once more, DO NOT open the oven! I do know it’s tempting to take a look at your unbelievable creations, however don’t do it!! Simply flip the oven mild on as an alternative to admire them.

Lastly, it’s time! Take away the meringues from the baking sheet and serve to your company, household, and buddies!

The best way to retailer Meringue Christmas Timber

These Christmas cookies may be saved in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 4 days.

Extra Meringue Desserts

If you happen to can’t get sufficient of this scrumptious deal with, attempt making one in every of these vacation meringue desserts:

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Created by: Lynne Feifer

Meringue Christmas Timber

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

These straightforward Meringue Christmas Timber are a candy deal with the entire household will love. They’re dairy-free, gluten-free, and lovable, and ideal for events or vacation cookie plates! Santa will love them!

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Directions

• Preheat oven to 175 levels F., and put together a big cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper. They won’t unfold as they bake, so you may put them about 1-inch aside on the tray.

• Fill a medium saucepan with a pair inches of water and convey to a simmer over medium warmth.

• In a warmth proof mixing bowl, mix egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar.

• Place bowl over saucepan and whisk always till all sugar is dissolved and egg whites are heat. This may take roughly 3-4 minutes and may be examined by rubbing the answer between your clear fingers. It ought to really feel clean to the contact.

• With the wire whisk connected to the mixer, place bowl in mixer and beat on low velocity, regularly growing the velocity to excessive, and beat till the egg whites kind stiff and shiny peaks about 7 – 10 minutes. Add the meals coloring and vanilla and blend till nicely mixed, being positive to scrape down the edges of the bowl, too.

• Place a Wilton open star tip 4B right into a piping bag and lower off the tip of the bag. To fill the bag, Fold up the underside of the bag with the tip, place right into a tall glass, and fold the highest of the bag over the glass rim. This gives you extra room to spoon the meringue into the bag versus simply holding it along with your different hand. Fill the bag ⅔ – ¾ full, in order that the meringue would not squeeze out the highest as you pipe.

• You possibly can kind the bushes in two alternative ways by holding the piping bag at a 90 diploma angle to the baking sheet. 1) Kind a circle by transferring the piping bag in a clockwise movement and pull up or 2) Squeeze some meringue onto the parchment to create the underside. To create the center of the tree, pull up the bag as you gently squeeze a smaller part than the underside. Do the identical to place an excellent smaller part on the highest. See notice.

• Place a gold star on the highest of every tree, and sprinkle with the gold and white sugar and/or coloured non-pareils.

• Bake for two hours with out opening the oven door at any level.

• Flip oven off (once more with out opening the oven door) and permit meringues to stay in oven for one more 4 hours or in a single day. Earlier than serving, you may also mud with powdered sugar to resemble snow.

• Might be saved in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days.

Notes

I point out two alternative ways of piping the bushes within the instructions, however discovered they had been extra uniform and thought they seemed extra like bushes when pulling up the piping bag, and creating the three sections versus utilizing the swirl technique. All the bushes pictured had been created that method.
It’s necessary to carry the piping bag at a 90° angle over the parchment in any other case they bushes will probably be crooked or hunch over. 
The bushes measure about 1 ¼ inch in top. If they’re taller than that they’ll fall over, so attempt to not make them too tall. 
I dusted a few of them with powdered sugar utilizing my OXO sugar duster in order that they’d have a snowy look. 

Diet

Serving: 1serving | Energy: 10kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.2g | Fats: 0.01g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 3g | Calcium: 0.1mg | Iron: 0.003mg

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