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Catholic Recipe: Peanut Marguerites (Meringues)

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 egg white
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Yield: 18 cookies

Prep Time: 1 hour

Difficulty:  N/A

Cost:  ★★☆☆

For Ages: 6+

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These meringue-like cookies have chopped peanuts to give a crunch.

DIRECTIONS

Whip egg white until foamy. Gradually sprinkle on sugar and salt, continuing to whip until stiff but not dry. Fold in peanuts and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove at once from sheet. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 18 cookies.

Recipe Source: Cook's Blessings, The by Demetria Taylor, Random House, New York, 1965