Meringue candy canes Recipe

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Meringue candy canes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
  • red food coloring

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees, make sure your racks are in the middle of the oven.
  2. Fit large pastry bag with a 1/2 round tip and medium-bag with 1/4 round tip.
  3. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly trace 36, 2-2 1/2 inch long candy canes backward on parchment paper.
  4. Flip paper over.
  5. In medium sized bowl, beat whites, cream of tartar and salt until foamy.
  6. Adding 1 tablespoon of sugar at a time, beat until stiff, glossy peaks form.
  7. Beat in extract.
  8. Remove 1/2 cup of meringue; tint pink with food coloring.
  9. Transfer white meringue into large pastry bag and pink to medium bag.
  10. Fill in tracing with white meringue and pipe in pink stripes across canes.
  11. Bake in oven for 1 1/4 hours.
  12. Turn oven off; let sit for 1 hour in oven.
  13. With a metal turner transfer canes to wire rack and let cool completely.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 48.13 Kcal (202 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 124.62mg 5%
Potassium 68.37mg 1%
Total Carbs 10.32g 3%
Sugars 9.97g 40%
Protein 1.82g 4%
Calcium 1.3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 178.24 Kcal (746 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 461.54mg 5%
Potassium 253.2mg 1%
Total Carbs 38.22g 3%
Sugars 36.91g 40%
Protein 6.72g 4%
Calcium 4.9mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1
    Points
  • 1
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

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