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Spiced Latte Meringues with Pumpkin Cream Filling

Thursday, November 15, 2012 by Darla

My husband doesn’t understand Internet Life. He thinks that people have to know each other or something to be friends.

That’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard of.

I have lots of friends who I’ve never met In Real Life (IRL). I mean, we move all around all the time, so I have tons of friends that I only get to talk to online, or the phone anyway, so it’s not a stretch for me to meet people online and be friends with them.

Plus, being a blogger means I get to meet tons of amazing bloggers, and even more tons of amazing readers.

One particular friend of mine from online, Tina, is pretty much my twin. She’s like my sister from another mister, or something (hey, if boys can have a brother from another mother, then I can have this).

This astounds and confuses the Hubster to no end. He cannot grasp how someone that I’ve never met IRL could have SO. MUCH. in common with me.

Like, we both say, “Just in cases.” With an S on the end. Both of us. Who have never met. We both say this obscure little line from a movie that we both love (Love Actually).

The other day I told him about some thing or another that Tina and I have in common and he interrupts me and goes, “No. She. Doesn’t.”

Apparently, it was something weird that only I do, because he was floored by the fact that she does it, too.

Anyway, he goes, “You guys are effing crazy.”

Only he didn’t say effing. He said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “F-dash-dash-dash-(ing)” word.

I was all, “WHAT?!”

And then I was all, “Don’t make fun of me for having a friend as awesome as me.”

He said, “I’m not making fun of you. You two are freaks. You don’t even know each other and you’re identical. It’s not natural.”

I didn’t even try to explain. I just made him some treats with pumpkin and coffee in them.

It was easier.

I almost think there’s nothing prettier than lovely ground spices sitting together in a bowl full of sugar. It’s the simple things. 🙂

To make these meringues spiced and flavorful, I combined cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves, plus, a little instant espresso powder.

Before adding the sugar mixture, beat the egg whites until frothy, then sprinkle a bit of cream of tartar over the top.

Continue beating the eggs until soft peaks form, then slowly add the sugar mixture. I used superfine sugar, so that I wouldn’t have to heat the egg mixture beforehand. The sugar is fine enough that it will dissolve in the whites just through whipping, without any added heat.

Whip the mixture on high speed until stiff, glossy peaks form, and the sugar is dissolved.

Now, I intended to fold a small portion of pumpkin purée, to make these truly spiced pumpkin, but I tried three times, without any luck in getting it to work. I tried gently folding a small amount of the meringues into the pumpkin, then back into the rest of the egg whites. I tried mixing the pumpkin in directly. No luck.

So I left it out of the meringues altogether…

…and put it into some filling instead.

It was a great solution to the problem, and ended up being perfectly delicious, in the end. And it was, maybe, just a little easier than trying to work it into the meringue.

I had high hopes for these, and I’m so happy to say that I wasn’t disappointed. The light crispness, with all it’s spice and just a touch of coffee flavor, was perfectly accompanied by the sweet pumpkin frosting, and the textures were wonderful together.

These were also easy to make, and besides the long baking time, fast to prepare, as well. They have all of the best flavors of fall, but are something new and unique for the holiday table.

Enjoy!

Spiced Latte Meringues
with Pumpkin Cream Filling
Makes about 3 dozen, depending on size.

Ingredients

2 egg whites
1/2 cup superfine sugar
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Food coloring, if desired

Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat mats.

In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, espresso, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves until thoroughly combined; set aside.

In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, whisk together the egg whites until frothy. Sprinkle the cream of tartar over them, then whip until soft peaks form. Slowly sprinkle the sugar mixture in, and whisk the mixture on high until stiff, glossy peaks form.

Fit a pastry bag with a piping tip, or snip the corner from a zip top bag, fill with the meringue, and pipe small (3/4-inch-high) swirls or mounds of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Refill bag as necessary.

Bake cookies until crisp but not brown, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Turn the oven off, and leave the meringues in until the oven is cool. Dust with cinnamon and fill with pumpkin filling, or serve as-is.

Pumpkin Cream Filling

Ingredients

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature (margarine for vegan/dairy-free)
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons pumpkin purée
1 tablespoon cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, beat the butter until smooth and creamy. Add half of the sugar and beat until well combined (the mixture will be a little dry). Stir in the vanilla and half of the purée until combined. Add the remaining sugar, beating the mixture until light and fluffy. Stir in the remaining purée and the cream, and beat until thoroughly combined.

Recipe by Darla

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Filed Under: Candy, Cookies, Frosting, Gluten-free, Recipes Tagged With: Fall Recipes, Meringues, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Meringues, Pumpkin Spice, Pumpkin Spice Latte Meringues, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Recipe

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Comments

  1. Michelle K says

    Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    I love meringues and those look delicious! And I know what you mean about the friends thing. I’m really big on penpalling, and one of my penpals, Makitta, is basically the British version of me. We’ve never met, but through our letters we’ve realized we’re practically each other’s twin. I think it’s awesome (:

  2. Tina @ Sugar Bean Bakers says

    Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND!

    oh… waitttttt.

    These look amazing. Sweet little bites for the Thanksgiving table, mayhaps!

    BTW, tell Hubster I’m sending him chili and peanut butter sandwiches. I’ll some him some crazy.

  3. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says

    Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    These are so pretty! What a lovely little treat 🙂

  4. Jill @ Sincerely Jill says

    Friday, November 16, 2012 at 4:57 am

    It’s funny when you find out little quirks that you share with someone else! What’s a weirder feeling is when only one of the two people knows about similiar quirk, because the other person does not know the other person exists 🙂 That’s an odd feeling!

    But this cookies look so wonderful! Just a bite of flavorful heaven.

  5. sue @ cakeballs, cookies and more says

    Friday, November 16, 2012 at 5:26 am

    those look so good, and my hubby is always the same “is it a real friend or your computer friend” Sigh

  6. Shelan says

    Friday, November 16, 2012 at 8:12 am

    I tried making meringues with pumpkin puree too one time and it turned out like yours, weird ain’t it?
    But your finished results look amazing! I want to eat one right now!!!

  7. buttercream bakehouse says

    Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 3:52 am

    These looks so good. Love your green nail polish by the way.

  8. Lior says

    Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    YES!!! i will make those great thing!!!!!!!!!

  9. Becs @ Lay the table says

    Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 3:09 am

    They look beautiful! I think you probably got a better flavour from the pumpkin by putting it in the cream – sometimes I find flavours die a bit once you bake them.

  10. Sweetsugarbelle says

    Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    You’re a genius, Darla!!!

  11. leslie says

    Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Boys just don’t get it 😉
    Love the meringues!

  12. Trish the dish says

    Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    You are awesome, don’t let your man get you down 🙂 Also these cookies look wonderful and I will be making them for Thanksgiving! Thanks!

    -Trish

  13. amy says

    Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I love that movie! My husband and i watch it every year. And there are chances of people having others very close to themselves and have never met. I believe the Lord has soulmates for all of us in one form or another and not only for our spouse! Great recipe, I have pinned this to keep my love for pumpkin alive through another month!

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