RECIPE: Cute-and-easy Christmas tree meringues

Why not treat the family or your friends to delicious, festive-themed meringues this year?

You’ll need the following ingredients:
• Four egg whites
• 1 1/3 cups of sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• Green colouring
• Parchment paper
• Piping bag
• Large round tip
(This will make about 75 meringues)

Step 1: Preheat your oven to between 60 and 70ºC. In the bowl of an electric mixer, separate egg yolks from egg whites. Let the eggs come to room temperature.
Step 2: Beat eggs until white and foamy. Mix in 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
Step 3: Set timer for 7 minutes. Slowly add in sugar a bit at a time, taking the entire 7 minutes to do so.
Step 4: Add the green colouring and mix through.
Step 5: Fill the piping bag and use a large round tip. On a parchment paper-lined cooking sheet, pipe green dots of meringe about an inch across, holding the icing bag vertical. They bake best when they are no bigger than inch wide and an inch tall.
Step 6: Layer the next, slightly smaller dot.
Step 7: Layer the smallest dot on top. Pull as you release pressure to get a nice little tip.
Step 8: Once they’re all piped, add sprinkles and a little star at the top, or whichever decorations you prefer.
Step 9: Bake at a very low heat for about two hours to two and a half hours until they are nice and crisp.