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Easy Italian Hazelnut Meringue Cookies Recipe

Hazelnut meringue cookies have just three simple ingredients, yet they're the most deliciously nutty, chewy dessert, snack, or potluck offering.
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
cooling/drying time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 25 cookies
Calories 32 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 

  • 2 Large egg whites
  • 115 grams (4 oz) Fine white sugar (caster sugar)
  • 50 grams (1.75 oz) Ground hazelnuts Or whole hazelnuts

Instructions
 

How to make ground hazelnuts

  • Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius/375 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Scatter the hazelnuts on a cookie sheet or baking tray and put them in the oven for around 5 minutes. Take care that they do not burn.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Rub hazelnuts between slightly damp hands to remove skins.
  • Blend the skinned toasted hazelnuts to make hazelnut meal.

Hazelnut meringue cookies

  • Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius / 300 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare lined baking sheets.
  • Whisk egg whites in a large bowl until soft peaks form.
  • Slowly add white sugar until a mixture forms with stiff glossy peaks.
  • Fold in the ground hazelnuts with a spatula until fully incorporated but do not overmix.
  • Fill a piping bag with a round nozzle attachment with the hazelnut meringue mixture and pipe small round meringue cookies onto baking sheets.
  • Bake meringue cookies for 15 minutes, then turn the oven off but leave them inside to cool completely and dry out.

Notes

Oven temperatures vary, use a digital thermometer to check yours is correct. 
These meringue cookies are small, so they will cook fast, but for the best results, leave them in the cooling oven to dry out as instructed. 
Try not to open the oven door as they bake as this alters the baking environment. Use the interior oven light to check that the tips are not burning, when you can see them starting to turn brown, this is a sign they are done. 

Nutrition

Calories: 32kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 4mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 5gVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.1mg
Keyword Hazelnut meringue cookies, meringue kisses
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