Food Fun Friday - Valentine Meringue Letters - Guest Post from Enjoying the Journey

Today we have the mom behind Enjoying the Journey here to share a delectable Valentine's day treat you are going to want to make with your little ones. Enjoying the Journey is a blog after my own heart. It is fully of ideas (some messy) for kids play and fun. You are going to want to clear your schedule and try all of the great ideas there.

 

Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time to remind those around you that you love them.   One activity I enjoy doing with my girls is cooking.  For this Valentines holiday, I invited my girls to help me make meringue letters for them to give to their Daddy. Not only are these nice to look at, but they are also very yummy to eat. This recipe came from a recipe book Costco gave out. 

To get started you need a couple of cute helpers &

these items:

Parchment paper

6 Large egg whites

Pinch of salt

1 ½ teaspoons cream of tarter

½ teaspoon almond extract

1 ½ cups sugar

Pastry bag with a large flower tip

4-6 ounces jelly beans

Preheat oven to 170 degrees.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a clean, dry mixing bowl, beat egg whites, salt and cream of tartar with an electric beater until soft peaks form.  With the beater running, add almond extract and then gradually add sugar.  Beat until stiff and glossy.

 Notice how shiny it got.

Spoon meringue into the pastry bag.  Pipe meringue onto the parchment-lined baking sheet in the letters you want.  

Select jelly beans you want to use and gently press the jelly beans into the sides of the meringues. 

Bake for 2 ½ hours, or until hard. The meringues can be made up to 2 days ahead and stored in an airtight container.  Makes 10-12 (4” letters).   

They turned out very cute and the girls loved helping make them.  Their favorite part of course

was testing the jelly beans out to make sure they were yummy enough to put on the letters.  

 My official taste-tester approved. 

Wow! How impressive was that? I never even thought of making my own meringue, but after seeing how easy it is, I will certainly try it. And how cute are those kids? Thanks to Enjoying the Journey for this fabulous Valentine's recipe. Here are some of my favorite posts from Enjoying the Journey:
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