Christmas Wreath Meringue Cookies

Meringue cookies are a great addition to any holiday cookie platter, and these Christmas Wreath Meringue Cookies are no exception. Use tip 366 to pipe a ring of green leaves, then fill in with clusters of red berries for a sweet holiday touch. Sprinkle your cookies with a bit of confectioners' sugar to make it look like a fresh dusting of snow just fell on these cookies. Great for gift-giving, these Christmas Wreath Meringue Cookies are sure to become a new holiday favorite!

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Vanilla Meringue Powder Mix, 6.5 oz
Juniper Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
Burgundy Icing Color, 1 oz.
Delphinium Blue Icing Color, 1 oz.
Red-Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
confectioners' sugar

Tools
Large Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 366
Standard Round Tip 6
14x20 Aluminum Cookie Sheet
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Chrome Plated Cooling Grid, 14.5 x 20 Inch
Double Roll Parchment Paper
Ruler
Pencil

Instructions

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Make meringue batter. Prepare meringue batter according to package instructions.
Tint batter. Combine Burgundy and Red-Red icing colors to get red color shown. Combine Juniper Green and Delphinium Blue icing colors to get green color shown. Using color combinations provided, tint ½ cup batter red. Tint remaining batter green.
Pipe cookies. On backside of parchment paper cut to fit cookie sheet, draw 3½ in. circles, spacing 3 in. apart. Turn over; secure corners of paper to cookie sheet with small dots meringue batter.
Prepare decorating bag with tip 6 and red batter. Prepare additional decorating bag with tip 366 and green batter.
Using green batter, use line drawing to pipe circle, alternating directions of leaf tips from left to right and making sure leaves overlap and touch.
Using red batter, pipe clusters of red dots on wreaths.
Use any extra batter to pipe additional holly berry meringues on parchment paper (use heavy pressure for larger holly berries and leaves).
Bake and cool following recipe instructions. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving, if desired.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe Icing Leaves
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.
How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.