TULIPES (DESSERT SHELLS)

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These elegant dessert shells are from Good Housekeeping. Easy to whip up and you can keep some on hand for last minute guests. Wrap well and store for up to a week. Fill with ice cream, sorbet, lemon curd, fresh fruit, strawberry mousse, or a variation of recipe#406410 or recipe#390000. Notice how you bake 2 cookies at a time, and think the batter for each amount is a heaping tablespoon. Even wonder if cinnamon might be interesting in this.

Provided by WiGal

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 1h15m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 egg whites, large
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons butter, melted NO SUBSTITUTIONS
1/2 teaspoon almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease large cookie sheet.
  • In large bowl, with wire whisk, beat egg whites, confectioners' sugar, and flour until well blended.
  • Beat in melted butter, vanilla, and salt.
  • Make TWO cookies by dropping batter by heaping tablespoons, 4 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
  • With narrow metal spatula, spread batter to form 4 inch rounds.
  • Bake cookies until golden around edges, 5 to 7 minutes.
  • Place two 2 inch diameter glasses UPSIDE DOWN on work surface. Guessing that the glasses should be short squatty ones.
  • With spatula, quickly lift 1 hot cookie and gently shape over bottom of glass.
  • Shape a second cookie.
  • When cookies are cool, transfer to wire rack. (If cookies become too firm to shape, return them to cookie sheet and place in oven to soften slightly.).
  • REPEAT steps five through 11 with remaining batter. (Batter will become slightly thicker upon standing.).
  • Store tulipes in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.
  • To serve, place on dessert plate and fill with your choice of filling.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 103.8, Fat 5.8, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 113.1, Carbohydrate 11.5, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 7.4, Protein 1.5

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