Nan's Meringue Kisses - Easy To Be Creative

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250º degrees.
• 2 beat egg & salt with mixer until frothy or fluffy. add sugar very slowly while still using mixer.
• 3 beat until a stiff peak forms and sugar is dissolved.
• 4 fold in by hand vanilla.
• 5 spoon (teaspoonful) onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake 40-45 minutes.
• 7 let cool slightly before removing to cooling rack.
• 8 store in airtight container.
• 9 you can add (1/4 cup per batch or desired amount) chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, mint chips, etc. fold these in last.
• 10 you can also substitute the vanilla with any flavor extract. i have used cherry extract with chocolate chips. these were excellent.
• 11 you can also add a couple drops of food coloring to the desired flavor of the kiss. if you use a drop of yellow with a drop of red to get an orange color you can use chocolate chips to have a halloween kiss.
• 12 i don't suggest using wet ingredients such as maraschino cherries, pineapple, etc.