Meringue Butterflies
"Canadian Living Merry Christmas Cookbook - 1984"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (23.4 g)
- Calories 87.4
- Total Fat - 0 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 0.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 22.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 22.5 g
- Protein - 0 g
- Calcium - 0.3 mg
- Iron - 0 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Beat 2 egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form
Step 2
Gradually 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup icing sugar, beating constantly until stiff, shiny peaks form
Step 3
Line baking sheet with parchment paper
Step 4
Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip and use to pipe outline sets of butterfly wings onto paper. Fill in centers of wings, smoothing the surface of wings with a small knife or spoon
Step 5
Bake in 225 F oven until firm but still pure white, about 20 min
Step 6
Let cool and carefully peel each wing off paper
Step 7
Combine lightly beaten egg white with enough icing sugar to make consistency suitable for firm piping
Step 8
Pipe a line of icing along the body side of one wing, and press another wing into icing at an angle, not flat
Step 9
Hold wings gently in place until icing sets.
Step 10
Repeat with remaining wings
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.