Straightforward Meringue Christmas Bushes | 365 Days of Baking and Extra

For those who want a simple Christmas deal with the entire household will love, make these Meringue Christmas Bushes! They’re dairy-free, gluten-free, straightforward, and cute! Whip up a batch on your subsequent occasion or vacation cookie plate, and watch them disappear very quickly flat!

These Christmas tree meringues are so enjoyable to make! Meringues have a barely crunchy texture on the skin and are gentle and ethereal on the within, making them the proper deal with to take pleasure in this time of yr. Don’t fear, beginner bakers—these are straightforward sufficient for even novices to make!

Welcome to 2023’s 12 Days of Cookies!
These Meringue Christmas Bushes are Day 9 of our 12 Days of Cookies!
Make sure to take a look at the entire different days for extra goodies!

Day 1 – Cherry Biscotti
Day 2 – Bitter Cream Cookies
Day 3 – Chai Spritz Cookies
Day 4 – Millionaire Bars
Day 5 – Chocolate Chip Potato Chip Cookies
Day 6 – Nana’s Oatmeal Cookies
Day 7 – No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Day 8 – Espresso Cake Cookies
Day 9 – You’re on it!
Day 10 – 
Day 11 – 
Day 12 –

What tools do I have to make Meringue Cookies?

To make these meringue Christmas bushes, you want typical baking tools like a big cookie sheet, measuring cups and spoons, parchment paper, a medium saucepan, and a heatproof mixing bowl and whisk.

You’ll additionally want a piping bag and an open massive star tip (I exploit Wilton 4B) to create the meringue bushes.

Components for Meringue Christmas Tree Cookies

You solely want a couple of easy elements to make meringues:

Add Taste to your Meringues

In order for you one thing apart from vanilla meringues, you may strive including one in every of these flavors to your meringue combination. Use 1 teaspoon of every, however individually, after all, not all collectively:

• Peppermint Extract
• Pumpkin Spice Combine
• Almond Extract
• Hazelnut Extract

The way to make Christmas Tree Meringues

First, let’s put together our baking area and make the meringue combination.

1. Preheat the oven to 175 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper and set it apart.
2. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water, then convey it to a simmer over medium warmth.
3. In a big bowl that’s heatproof, mix the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar. Place this bowl over the saucepan and whisk the meringue combination continuously till the sugar dissolves and the egg whites are heat. This may take roughly 3-4 minutes, and you’ll take a look at to see if the sugar is absolutely dissolved by rubbing the answer between your clear fingers; it ought to really feel easy to the contact when it’s prepared.
   • Be aware: I like to make use of the metallic bowl from my stand mixer as I can simply switch it again to my stand mixer within the subsequent step. For those who don’t have one, you should utilize an electrical mixer with the whisk attachment for the subsequent step.
4. Take away the bowl from the warmth. Place the bowl again within the stand mixer, and beat on low velocity with the whisk attachment. Progressively enhance the velocity of the mixer to excessive.
5. Proceed to beat the meringue for 7-10 minutes or till the egg whites kind shiny stiff peaks. Then add the inexperienced meals coloring and vanilla extract and beat till mixed, being positive to scrape down the perimeters of the bowl, too.

The way to pipe Meringue Christmas Bushes

Place a Wilton 4B piping tip into a big piping bag and lower off the tip of the bag. Fill the piping bag 3/4 full meringue. I like to make use of a tall cup or glass, place the piping bag down inside, after which fold the highest of the bag down over the rim of the cup. Then there’s loads of room to simply switch the meringue to the bag.

Now, pipe the Christmas tree form, holding the piping bag perpendicular (or at a 90-degree angle) to the baking sheet. It’s essential that you simply maintain the again on the 90° angle over the parchment, in any other case, the bushes will likely be crooked and droop. Simply take your time and be affected person. You bought this.
Observe one in every of two strategies beneath to make the tree form:

• Maintain the piping bag in a single place and squeeze a ball of meringue onto the parchment, pushing down because it spreads to create the bottom of the tree. Launch the stress and pull up barely on the identical time, then squeeze once more the identical approach to create the center of the tree, making it barely smaller. Launch the stress and pull up once more, then squeeze a remaining time to make the small prime of the tree.
• Or, kind a circle by transferring the piping bag in a clockwise, round movement as you squeeze, then launch the stress and pull up. Kind the center by piping a barely smaller circle, then as soon as once more launch the stress and pull up. End with a small circle for the highest of the tree.

I discovered the bushes to be extra uniform and thought they appeared higher when pulling up the piping bag, creating the three sections versus utilizing the swirl technique. The entire bushes pictured on this put up have been created that manner.

The bushes ought to measure about 1 ¼ inch in top. If they’re taller than that they’ll fall over, so strive to not make them too massive. 

Embellish the Meringue Christmas Tree Cookies

• Place a gold star on the highest of every meringue tree, then sprinkle every tree with white and gold sugar and/or coloured nonpareils. In fact, be at liberty to make use of any Christmas sprinkles you want!
  • I’ve heard that some sprinkles don’t maintain up within the oven, so if you’re anxious about your stars melting, you may add them on the finish with only a dot of icing to carry them in place.
• It’s also possible to mud the bushes with powdered sugar to resemble snow, however don’t do that till after the meringues bake and funky. I used my OXO sugar duster to offer them that snowy look. 
• One other enjoyable choice is to dip the baked and cooled meringues into melted chocolate.

Bake the Meringue Bushes

Place the baking sheet within the preheated oven and bake for two hours. Don’t open the oven door at any level! After 2 hours, flip the oven off and depart the meringues inside for at the least one other 4 hours or in a single day. Once more, DO NOT open the oven! I do know it’s tempting to take a look at your unbelievable creations, however don’t do it!! Simply flip the oven gentle on as an alternative to admire them.

Lastly, it’s time! Take away the meringues from the baking sheet and serve to your visitors, household, and mates!

The way to retailer Meringue Christmas Bushes

These Christmas cookies may be saved in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 4 days.

Extra Meringue Desserts

For those who can’t get sufficient of this scrumptious deal with, strive making one in every of these vacation meringue desserts:

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Created by: Lynne Feifer

Meringue Christmas Bushes

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

These straightforward Meringue Christmas Bushes are a candy deal with the entire household will love. They’re dairy-free, gluten-free, and cute, and ideal for events or vacation cookie plates! Santa will love them!

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Directions

• Preheat oven to 175 levels F., and put together a big cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper. They won’t unfold as they bake, so you may put them about 1-inch aside on the tray.

• Fill a medium saucepan with a pair inches of water and convey to a simmer over medium warmth.

• In a warmth proof mixing bowl, mix egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar.

• Place bowl over saucepan and whisk continuously till all sugar is dissolved and egg whites are heat. This may take roughly 3-4 minutes and may be examined by rubbing the answer between your clear fingers. It ought to really feel easy to the contact.

• With the wire whisk connected to the mixer, place bowl in mixer and beat on low velocity, steadily growing the velocity to excessive, and beat till the egg whites kind stiff and shiny peaks about 7 – 10 minutes. Add the meals coloring and vanilla and blend till effectively mixed, being positive to scrape down the perimeters of the bowl, too.

• Place a Wilton open star tip 4B right into a piping bag and lower off the tip of the bag. To fill the bag, Fold up the underside of the bag with the tip, place right into a tall glass, and fold the highest of the bag over the glass rim. This offers you extra room to spoon the meringue into the bag versus simply holding it along with your different hand. Fill the bag ⅔ – ¾ full, in order that the meringue would not squeeze out the highest as you pipe.

• You may kind the bushes in two other ways by holding the piping bag at a 90 diploma angle to the baking sheet. 1) Kind a circle by transferring the piping bag in a clockwise movement and pull up or 2) Squeeze some meringue onto the parchment to create the underside. To create the center of the tree, pull up the bag as you gently squeeze a smaller part than the underside. Do the identical to place a good smaller part on the highest. See word.

• Place a gold star on the highest of every tree, and sprinkle with the gold and white sugar and/or coloured non-pareils.

• Bake for two hours with out opening the oven door at any level.

• Flip oven off (once more with out opening the oven door) and permit meringues to stay in oven for an additional 4 hours or in a single day. Earlier than serving, it’s also possible to mud with powdered sugar to resemble snow.

• Might be saved in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days.

Notes

I point out two other ways of piping the bushes within the instructions, however discovered they have been extra uniform and thought they appeared extra like bushes when pulling up the piping bag, and creating the three sections versus utilizing the swirl technique. The entire bushes pictured have been created that manner.
It’s essential to carry the piping bag at a 90° angle over the parchment in any other case they bushes will likely be crooked or droop over. 
The bushes measure about 1 ¼ inch in top. If they’re taller than that they’ll fall over, so strive to not make them too tall. 
I dusted a few of them with powdered sugar utilizing my OXO sugar duster in order that they’d have a snowy look. 

Diet

Serving: 1serving | Energy: 10kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.2g | Fats: 0.01g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 3g | Calcium: 0.1mg | Iron: 0.003mg

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