How To Make Açaí Meringue Cookies
These easy-to-make and delicate meringue cookies are topped with a sweet and rich acai berry syrup and puree, for a tastier snack to munch on!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Meringue Cookies:
- 3egg whites,room temperature
- ½lemon,juiced
- ½tspsalt
- ¾cupsugar,plus an additional ½ cup
- 1tbspacai syrup,or berry syrup
- 1cupwater
- ½cupacai puree,or berry puree
Instructions
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In a saucepan, boil ½ cup of sugar, water, and acai puree.
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Reduce the heat to simmer and cook until the mixture thickens into a syrup. Add the lemon when thickening.
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Let cool before using.
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Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
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In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until they are foamy. Add salt and lemon juice, and continue whisking.
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Slowly add the ¾ cup of sugar while whisking, and beat until glossy, stiff peaks form.
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Spoon the meringue mixture on the parchment sheet, and smooth the top of the meringue with the back of the spoon.
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Drizzle about ¼ teaspoon of acai syrup on the meringue and swirl with a toothpick. Repeat for each cookie.
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Bake for 90 minutes, until the outside shell becomes stiff, and the meringue has gone from shiny to matte, with the cookie easily lifting off the parchment.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 120.35kcal
- Fat: 0.54g
- Saturated Fat: 0.13g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.00g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.00g
- Carbohydrates: 28.11g
- Fiber: 0.39g
- Sugar: 27.18g
- Protein: 1.66g
- Sodium: 218.86mg
- Calcium: 10.47mg
- Potassium: 35.79mg
- Iron: 0.14mg
- Vitamin A: 0.05µg
- Vitamin C: 2.65mg
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