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Baiser Plätzchen – German Meringue Cookies

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.
Course Cookies/ Biscuits
Cuisine German
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Servings 40 cookies
Calories 32kcal
Author Marita

Equipment

  • whisk
  • electric handmixer
  • mixing bowl

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites at room temperature
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 4 teaspoon vanilla sugar (2 packs, 18 gr)
  • 300 g sugar 10.5 oz

Instructions

  • 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 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 32kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 8g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg