Vanilla Meringue Cookie Recipe

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December 14, 2025 37 Comments Go to recipe

This vanilla meringue cookie recipe will win your heart. Not only is it gluten-free, but it only has five ingredients and 9 calories per cookie!

There are so many good things about these cookies, except for the fact that they require a bit of technique. But if I can do it, you can! Unlike my Almond clouds or my frozen chocolate cookie dough recipeyou have to pipe the dough (which is a step I would normally avoid).

They look beautiful, stay fresh in a tightly sealed container, and are low in calories. only 9 calories per cookie!. This is what happens when you mix egg whites and sugar (and don’t use flour or butter).

This is culinary alchemy at its finest, as beating egg whites turns them into something completely different: meringue.

The first step is to bring your egg whites to room temperature (I put the eggs in warm water for 15 minutes if I forget to take them out of the fridge). Then you beat them with the vanilla, cream of tartar, and a pinch of salt until the tuntil is foamy.

You add a tablespoon of sugar at a time while you beat on high and you get the most amazing thing: a thick, shiny batter that becomes solid when you heat it! Isn’t that cool?

I have a stand mixer because my husband bought it, but you can do this with a hand mixer – it will take longer and your hand might get tired.

I used a star tip and a disposable piping bag – both of which you can find in the baking section of your grocery store next to the cupcake wrappers – and made cute little circles. It’s really not difficult – I’m terrible at this sort of thing and managed to make the ones below.

Then you bake them at 250 F for 45 minutes and leave them in the turned off oven for an hour to dry out. Store them in an airtight container (very important).

It takes time, but it doesn’t take money and people love them. Especially those trying to avoid the heavier stuff (I’m looking at your Christmas fudge).