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Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.

Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.


 

This vintage sandwich cookies recipe is a tribute to my grandmother. She used to make a batch of them for every Christmas although it takes two afternoons to make them complete and set aside before the grand gathering.

Although it takes time and patience to make them, these meringue sandwich cookies are like no other, really. Two tiny shortbread pieces with meringue kisses on the top, assembled with apricot jam are such a treat with your afternoon coffee or tea!

There is another possibility to make sandwich cookies too, but you skip the shortbread. Here is the photo of what you get then; two in the upper right corner are assembled with dulce de leche:

Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.

We all know how special is to meet all your family and friends during holidays. If lucky, no mobile phones or checking the messages. Just complete zen to regenerate before new challenges, right? And having such cookies to enjoy makes great memories for everyone!

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Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.

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Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.

Since these meringue sandwich cookies are sophisticated thanks to meringue, there is one question that pops out:

What is meringue made of?

While it may seem daunting, a basic meringue is nothing more than a mixture of beaten egg white and sugar. To learn more take a look here .

 

Because meringue is a mixture of whisked egg whites and sugar, Pavlova is a type of meringue.

Apricot Curd Mini Pavlovas are slightly crisper and chewier than large pavlovas but not as crisp and crumbly as a French meringue.

Nigella explains it great and in detail !

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Meringue Sandwich Cookies

Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Europian
Keyword Meringue Sandwich Cookies
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 9 minutes
Servings 76 sandwich cookies

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for shortbread:
  • 2 ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup + 2 Tbsp butter
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • Ingredients for French meringue:
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 ¾ cup confectioner sugar
  • 1 cup apricot jam to assemble the cookies

Instructions

  1. Prepare two baking sheets covered with parchment paper. Leave them aside.

  2. On a flat working surface, quickly combine shortbread ingredients.

  3. Preheat your oven to 180 C / 356 F.

  4. Roll your shortbread dough to be 3 millimeters thick and cut to one inch diameter circles. Place them on prepared baking sheets.

  5. In medium sized bowl, mix egg whites and powdered sugar at high speed until stiff creamy peaks form. It takes 4 – 6 minutes.

  6. Using your pastry bag, pipe meringue on each shortbread circle. Please take care to leave some shortbread uncovered all around your cookie. You may also use teaspoon to place meringue on the top of each shortbread.

  7. Bake for 9 minutes. It is important that your shortbread crust becomes lightly golden only on the edges.

  8. Once cooked, take the baking sheets out and cool the cookies completely.

  9. Since you need to have 152 meringue cookies to assemble, you need to prepare another two baking sheets covered with parchment paper to bake another round.

  10. Once every thing is cooled completely, gently assemble two shortbread  meringues with jam, and place them on your serving platter.

Recipe Notes

  1. To get 76 sandwich cookies, I kneaded the dough leftovers as long as I did not spent almost every single cutout leftovers. You may find out to have less if you don't re-knead your dough as I did.
  2. You don't have to keep the shortbread far from each other on your sheet pan since there is no baking powder to make them grow.
  3. Half of teaspoon of jam is enough to assemble the cookies together.
  4. If you are not apricot jam fan, feel free to use red currant jam. It pairs with these vintage cookies recipe amazingly.

 

 

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