Baiser Plätzchen are German Meringue Cookies. Deliciously light cookies that are made with just four ingridients. The perfect recipe to use up leftover egg whites.
In a clean, grease-free bowl, add the egg whites and the salt. Now whisk the egg whites until you achieve soft peaks.
While whisking add slowly the sugar and vanilla sugar to the egg mixture. The egg whites need to be as stiff as possible.
Preheat the oven to 60°C / 140°F. Line a baking tray with parchment
Traditional Baiser
Add the mass into a piping bag with a star tip. Squeeze various shapes onto the tray.
Snowman Baiser
You can use a piping bag with a round tip to make the snowman shapes. Alternativley use a teaspoon add two round balls onto the baking parchment. Flatten with a spoon to make a snowman shape.
Drying Process
Leave the baiser cookies in the oven for about 4-5 hours to dry.
Store in an airtight box Avoid moisture
Notes
Scale this recipe up according to need. As the egg white to sugar ratio is generally 1:2 it is worth weighing your egg white.
1 egg white (approx 37.5 g /1.7 oz) needs 75 g of sugar
2 egg whites needs (approx 75 g /3.4 oz) needs 150 g sugar
3 egg whites need (approx 225 g /5.1 oz) needs 225 g sugar
5 egg whites need (approx 187.5/5.1 oz) needs 375 g sugar