Recipe - Chocolate Chip Meringue Drops

2 lg Egg whites
One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 tablespoon Cocoa
One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil. In a
large bowl, beat the egg whites at a moderately high speed until they form
stiff peaks. Beat in the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat in
vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and beat in the cocoa. Fold in the
chocolate chips with a rubber spatula. Drop the mixture by rounded
teaspoons onto the baking sheets, leaving 1 inch between cookies. Bake for
1 hour. Turn off the oven and dry the cookies in the oven 2 hours longer.
Remove them and store in an airtight container. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Variations: 1. Omit the cocoa and make cookie as directed. 2. Substitute
One half chopped pecans for the chocolate chips. 3. Substitute One half cup chopped
pecans for chips and add pinch cinnamon.

Posted to EATL Digest 22 November 96

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 22:09:36 EST

From: Marietta J Slater marietta2@JUNO.COM