graham wrote:
> "Becca" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>> Becca wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Forgotten Cookies
>>>>
>>>> 2 egg whites, room temperature
>>>> 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
>>>> 2/3 cup sugar
>>>> pinch salt
>>>> 1 teaspoon vanilla
>>>> 1 cup chopped pecans
>>>> 1 cup chocolate chips
>>>>
>>>> Preheat oven to 350°. Cover one baking sheet with parchment paper or
>>>> use
>>>> aluminum foil, sprayed with PAM. Beat egg whites until foamy, add cream
>>>> of
>>>> tartar. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until they hold
>>>> stiff
>>>> peaks. Mix in salt and vanilla. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.
>>>> Drop
>>>> by teaspoonfuls onto the baking sheet. These cookies spread very little,
>>>> so you can put them close together. Put cookies in the oven, then turn
>>>> the
>>>> oven off. Leave the cookies in the oven overnight with the door closed.
>>>> They should be ready to eat in about 4-5 hours, though (don't ask me how
>>>> I
>>>> know).
>>>>
>>> Looks very close to a recipe for meringues. Do they taste like gussied-up
>>> marshmallows?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>> These cookies have a delicate crispness to them, they are not soft like
>> marshmallows. They are one of my favorite cookies. I have also used
>> Splenda in them and they turn out fine.
>>
>>
> Recipe stolen/not attributed to Orlando Murrin: "A Table in the Tarn".

Pfffttttt! Never heard of him, and how dare he steal my recipe! ;-)


Becca