Title: Chocolate Chip Meringue Drops
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

2 lg Egg whites
1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
3 tb Cocoa
1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil. In a
large bowl, beat the egg whites at a moderately high speed until they form
stiff peaks. Beat in the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat in
vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and beat in the cocoa. Fold in the
chocolate chips with a rubber spatula. Drop the mixture by rounded
teaspoons onto the baking sheets, leaving 1 inch between cookies. Bake for
1 hour. Turn off the oven and dry the cookies in the oven 2 hours longer.
Remove them and store in an airtight container. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Variations: 1. Omit the cocoa and make cookie as directed. 2. Substitute
1/2 chopped pecans for the chocolate chips. 3. Substitute 1/2 cup chopped
pecans for chips and add pinch cinnamon.

Posted to EAT-L Digest 22 November 96

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 22:09:36 EST

From: Marietta J Slater