Meringue Recipes - Annie's Macaroons Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 large egg whites

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 1 cup/150 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1 cup/100 g toasted, finely chopped hazelnuts

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C/gas 2. Butter a cookie sheet.

2. Beat the egg whites and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form.

3. Use a large rubber spatula to gradually fold in the confectioners' sugar, followed by the hazelnuts.

4. Place the bowl over barely simmering water and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture starts to shrink from the sides.

5. Drop heaping teaspoons of the mixture 1/2 inch (1 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.

6. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until just golden. Transfer to racks and let cool completely.