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Old April 25th, 2009, 01:54 PM
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Default Re: Sugar free meringues, my husband thunk it!

I made mine, they didn't look very appetizing so I didn't take pics. Mine sucked, I didn't wait for the eggs to get room temp. The first batch came out like the top of a pie, crisp on top and too spongy in the middle. I used way too many egg whites too, I used 8. After those failed I mixed the eggs again and this time added a teaspoon of coffee for some flavor. I lowered the oven temp to 250 and I let them bake longer. They were crunchier and just a little sticky in the middle.

I found a recipe in Veronica Atkins cookbook for chocolate chunk meringues and they were listed as something to eat after induction so I am glad mine didn't come out good since technically I am not allowed to eat them yet. I think I put too many sugar packets in mine, I used 6 single serving packets for 8 eggs. I should have used only 4.