Mocha Meringues

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 teaspoons instant coffee
• 4 egg whites, room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 take your eggs out of the fridge and allow them to come to room temperature.
• 2 make sure you have two oven racks in your oven. preheat oven to 250°f.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix vanilla and instant coffee.
• 4 in large bowl (or your mixer's bowl) add egg whites, cream of tartar and salt. beat on medium speed until the eggs are frothy.
• 5 increase speed slightly and add sugar gradually but steadily.
• 6 beat mixture until stiff peaks form. this should take about 10 minutes.
• 7 add vanilla/coffee mixture and mix until combined. decrease speed to low and add cocoa gradually until just incorporated.
• 8 using a pastry bag or ziploc bag with a corner cut off, pipe meringue onto two parchment lined cookie sheets. the mounds should be no less than half an inch apart and should each be about an inch across.
• 9 bake for 30 minutes, then switch the two baking sheets from one rack to the other.
• 10 bake for another 20 minutes until the meringues are dry. turn off the oven and leave it slightly open while the meringues crisp for about an hour.