Best 2 Angel Meringue Bites Recipes

ANGEL MERINGUE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly oil a baking sheet and set aside.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, whip egg whites until frothy. (you can use your electric mixer on high or a wire whisk).
• Add splenda, vanilla and salt.
• Mix on high speed until stiff peaks form (about 20 to 30 seconds, longer if using whisk).
• Spoon rounded tablespoons of egg whites onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from pan. Cool.
• To assemble meringues:.
• Just before serving, sandwich Angel Bites with filling of choice by spreading the filling on the bottom of one cookie and topping with another.

LEMON MERINGUE BITES

Steps:

• Make lemon curd:
• Cut butter into pieces and in a heavy saucepan cook with zest, lemon juice, and sugar over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved and mixture just comes to a simmer. In a bowl whisk together eggs and whisk in lemon mixture until combined well. Transfer lemon curd to pan and heat over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until it just begins to simmer. Pour lemon curd through a fine sieve into a bowl and cool slightly. Chill lemon curd, its surface covered with plastic wrap, at least 2 hours, or until cold, and up to 3 days.
• Fill tartlet shells in baking cups with lemon curd. Chill tartlets, covered, 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Make meringue:
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat whites with a pinch salt until foamy. Add cream of tartar and beat whites until they hold soft peaks. Gradually add sugar, beating until meringue holds stiff peaks.
• Transfer meringue to a pastry bag fitted with 1/2-inch plain tip and pipe meringue 2 inches high onto each tartlet, completely covering lemon curd.
• Bake tartlets in middle of oven 3 minutes, or until meringue tips are just browned, and cool in cups on racks. Chill tartlets in airtight containers at least 2 hours, or until cold, and up to 1 day. Keep tartlets chilled until ready to serve.