PEANUT MERINGUES WITH HOT CHOCOLATE: CACAHUETES MERENGUES CON CHOCOLATE CALIENTE
Steps:
- Meringues: Preheat oven to 225 degrees F.
- In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip egg whites, cream of tartar, and granulated sugar to soft peaks at high speed. Add the powdered sugar and flour, a third at a time. Whip on high speed to stiff peaks. Fold in the peanuts.
- Place batter in a piping bag, and pipe meringues into 2-inch long tubes onto a parchment paper lined sheet tray. Bake for 2 hours.
- Hot Chocolate: Chocolate Caliente: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Over a steam bath, melt the chocolate and the butter, stirring with a rubber spatula.
- In an electric mixer cream the sugar and eggs and combine them with the melted chocolate. Add the cocoa and the vanilla extract. Mix until smooth and pudding-like.
- Butter a mini muffin pan. Pour batter into muffin tin, filling the wells almost to the rim. Bake until center is set, about 25 minutes. Let puddings cool in the muffin pan and then turn out.
- Place chocolate in a shallow bowl, heat for 45 seconds in a microwave, and serve with a dollop of whipped cream and a meringue.
HOT CHOCOLATE MERINGUES
What a great way to get your chocolate without a bunch of extra calories. These take patience but the end result is a nice little treat. My ds8 loved these cookies and exclaimed that it was like hot chocolate in a cookie hence the name.
Provided by invictus
Categories Dessert
Time 2h20m
Yield 2 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat oven to 250 degrees. Line two baking sheets with nonstick foil or parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder and ground cinnamon.
- Place egg whites into a bowl and add cream of tarter.
- Begin beating egg whites on low speed until foamy. Increase to medium speed and add sugar mixture, one tablespoon at a time, until medium-stiff peaks form.
- Transfer mixture to a pastry bag and pipe a small disk onto prepared baking sheets about an inch apart. (I got 12 large meringues per baking sheet.).
- Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, 30 minutes. DO NOT open the oven door during cooking time or the meringues may collapse.
- Turn off oven and let meriggues sit in oven for 1/2 hour.
- Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255.8, Fat 1.3, SaturatedFat 0.7, Sodium 89.8, Carbohydrate 59, Fiber 3, Sugar 53.8, Protein 7.5
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