Meringue Cookies

3 Egg white room temp
1 Cup Sugar
¼ tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla
¼ tsp Cream of Tartar

Pre Heat oven to 300º

Whip egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff.
Add sugar slowly, then add the salt and vanilla.

Line cookie sheet with a brown paper bag (or brown packaging paper) Cut down to a single panel.

Drop spoonfuls of meringue onto the paper. Or you can pipe it in small mounds.

* optional * Add a piece of walnut unto each cookie.

Bake at 300º for 12-15 minutes.

*** You must do this on a low humidity day and a dry household. Too much moisture in the air can make the cookies too soft.

I swear only my mother knows how to make these. I am just horrible at it.