RECIPE: Cocoa Kisses (Meringues)
250 F oven

[Mix these ingredients together as you go along.]

whip until stiff but not dry:
     3 egg whites
     1/8 teaspoon salt

1 Cup sifted sugar
     (to remove lumps)
1 teaspoon vanilla
0-2 teaspoons water*

Add half of the suger, then alternate adding liquids and sugar.

3 tablespoons powdered cocoa.

optional:
     1/4 cup chopped pecans
or   1/2 cup chocolate chips

Add optionals after cocoa powder is thoroughly mixed in.

Preheat oven to 250 F.
Spoon meringue in drop shapes onto greased cookie sheets and bake until 
hard on the outside and still moist within, roughly 15 20 min depending 
on size.

Makes 60 small drops @ 13 calories ea.

No fat, no cholesterol. (if you don't add the optionals.)

[from Joy of Cooking, located by Sheryl Cascadden]

*[Two teaspoons of water may be too much. Try one or none, ours turned  
out very drippy...]  
  
[Sheryl swears by these; note the relatively healthy properties of 
them.  Considering her own allergic dietary limitations, it's amazing
finding any kind of sweet she can eat!]
  
August 1992, Sheryl Cascadden

Hazel Boston-Baden, P.O. Box 17522, Anaheim CA 92817.
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