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Cardamom Meringue Cookies

Updated: May 10, 2024 · Published: Oct 13, 2019 by Nicole B. · Leave a Comment

4.15 from 7 votes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
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These cardamom meringue cookies are light, crunchy, sweet, citrusy and minty all in one bite. The touch of ground cardamom adds a new and delicious twist to the classic. The recipe is easy to make and a great way to use up leftover egg whites.

Cardamom meringue cookies in a white bakery box.

Recipe ingredients:

Cardamom, eggs, cream of tartar and sugar.

How to make the cookies:

See full ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card below!

Step 1. Heat the oven to 250 degrees F. Add egg whites, cream of tartar and cardamom to a very clean mixing bowl. Whip the mix with your standing or electric mixer until the egg whites get frothy.

Frothy whipped egg whites in a mixing bowl.

Step 2. Slowly add the sugar. Continue to whip until all the sugar is incorporated and you have firm, glossy peaks.

Firm whipped egg whites in a mixing bowl.

Step 3. Grab a piping bag and a tip of your choice (I like to use a 1M or a French tip). Pipe about 40 cookies (each about 1 inch in diameter) onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Piped meringue cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Step 4. Bake the cookies for 40 minutes. Turn the oven off and without opening the oven door, let the cookies cool in the closed oven for another hour.

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Cardamom meringue cookies in a white bakery box.
Author: The Spice Train

Cardamom Meringue Cookies

4.15 from 7 votes
These delicious cardamom meringue cookies are light, crunchy, sweet, citrusy and minty all in one bite. The touch of ground cardamom adds a new and delicious twist to the classic.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Cook Time: 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins
Total Time: 1 hour hr 55 minutes mins
Servings: 40 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Calories: 14
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients:
  

  • 3 egg whites*
  • ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ⅔ cup granulated sugar

Equipment:

  • measuring cups and spoons
  • narrow mixing bowl
  • standing mixer or handheld mixer
  • piping bag with tip (a 1M or a French tip work well)
  • parchment paper
  • baking sheet
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Method:
 

  1. Heat the oven to 250 degrees F.
  2. Add egg whites, cream of tartar and cardamom to a bowl** and whip until frothy. (Make sure that the bowl and the beaters are very clean. If there's any fat in the bowl it will mess up the formation of the meringue.)
    3 egg whites*, ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar, ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  3. Gradually add the sugar, continuing to whip, until you have glossy, firm peaks.
    ⅔ cup granulated sugar
  4. Pipe small dollops (about 1 inch in diameter) onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 40 minutes.
  5. Turn the oven off and without opening the oven door, let the meringue cookies sit for another 60 minutes.

Recipe notes:

*One egg white weighs about 30 grams, in case you have a bunch in the fridge and lost track.
**Be sure to use a fairly narrow bowl so that your beaters fill out most of its volume. If the bowl is much wider than the space the beaters occupy, it becomes difficult to get the egg whites to stiff peaks.
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Nutrition (estimate only):

Calories: 14kcalCarbohydrates: 3.4gProtein: 0.3gSodium: 3mgPotassium: 8mgSugar: 3.4g

More baked treats with cardamom:

  • For two delicious fruit recipes, try this lemon cardamom loaf cake or this apple frangipane tart.
  • These light and airy baked cardamom donuts are delicious and very easy to make.
recipes using cardamom

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