Dem Bones for Friday the 13th!
- 2 egg whites (around 70g or 2.47 ozs or so)
- 1/2 cup caster or superfine sugar
- A pinch of cream of tartar
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 100C/212F and line two large baking trays with parchment. Make sure that your bowl and beaters are completely clean. Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in the bowl and whisk for a few minutes until soft peaks form. Gradually add in the sugar until you get stiff, glossy peaks. You should be able to turn the bowl upside down without the meringue moving at all.
Step 2 - Fill a piping bag with the meringue mixture and snip off the end to give you a 1/2cm or 1/4 inch opening. Pipe bone shapes. I pipe two centre lines joined together and then two "ears" at the ends. You can also do rib cages and skulls. Bake in the oven for 1 hour until they have dried out completely.