These easy to make Forgotten Cookies are sweet egg white meringues combined with chocolate chips and pecans. You're sure to love them!
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 hourshours
Total Time 10 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Servings 48cookies
Ingredients
2egg whites
Pinchsalt
¾cupsugar
1teaspoonvanilla
6ouncesmini chocolate chips
1cupchopped pecans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place the egg whites and a pinch of salt in a medium mixing bowl. Beat at a medium low speed until the egg whites are frothy.
Increase the mixer speed to high and slowly add the sugar, beating until the egg whites form stiff peaks.
Add the vanilla extract, chocolate chips, and pecans. Gently fold the ingredients to avoid deflating the meringue.
Drop the meringue mixture by teaspoons, spacing about an inch apart, on foil covered baking sheets.
Place in the preheated oven and immediately turn the oven off.
Leave the cookies in the oven for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight. Do not open the oven door.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven.
Notes
Store the cookies in an airtight container with a sheet of waxed paper between each layer of cookies. Depending on how humid your environment is, they should keep well for up to two weeks.
You can freeze the finished cookies by layering them in a tightly sealed container with a sheet of waxed paper between each layer of cookies. Freeze for up to 3 months. Let the cookies come to room temperature before serving. Please note, however, that they may pick up moisture while in the freezer. If the cookies seem sticky when thawed, try placing them in a 200 degree (F) oven for about ten minutes to dry them out.