{"id":24541,"date":"2015-02-14T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=24541"},"modified":"2021-05-15T06:26:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T10:26:50","slug":"lemon-meringue-cookie-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/lemon-meringue-cookie-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Meringue Heart-Shaped Cookies with Lemon Filling Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tasty Valentine’s Day meal doesn’t have to be high in calories \u2014 and that includes dessert<\/a>. These sweet and tart meringue hearts are a light yet undeniably cute way to end a meal. And at only 150 calories per cookie, it’s OK to indulge! (And if chocolate it more your thing, consider this Gluten-Free Molten Lava Cake<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"Meringue
Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Serves 2<\/i><\/p>\n

Prep time: 15 minutes
\nCook time: 1 hour and 50 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

For the meringue:
\n<\/i>1 large egg white at room temperature
\nPinch of salt
\n1\/3 cup granulated sugar
\n1\/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<\/p>\n

For the lemon curd:
\n<\/i>1\/3 cup sugar
\n1 1\/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
\n1 large egg
\n1\/3 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 medium lemons)
\n1 tablespoon unsalted butter
\n2 tablespoons nonfat plain Greek yogurt<\/p>\n

For presentation:
\n<\/i>Powdered sugar
\nFresh raspberries<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Preheat oven to 200\u00b0 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Trace 2 heart shapes onto the parchment paper using a 4-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter or this printable heart template<\/a>. Turn parchment paper over on the baking sheet and set aside.<\/li>\n
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk egg whites and salt with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar one tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form, about 2 to 4 minutes. Add the vanilla and beat until just combined.<\/li>\n
  3. Spoon the meringue mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain round 1\/2-inch tip, or a gallon-size Ziploc bag with a corner cut off. Cover one of the hearts with an even layer of meringue. Continue piping meringue around the outer edge of the heart, making a 1-inch-high wall. Repeat with the remaining heart.<\/li>\n
  4. Bake for 20 minutes; reduce the heat to 175 degrees and bake until meringue is dry and crisp but still white, about 1 hour and 15-30 minutes more.<\/li>\n
  5. To make the lemon curd, combine the sugar, lemon rind and egg in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a whisk. Cook until sugar dissolves and mixture is light in color, about 3 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice and butter and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cool, cover and chill the mixture while the meringues cook. Note: You will have lemon curd left over (47 calories per tablespoon). It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Try it with fresh berries or spread some on whole-grain toast for breakfast.<\/i><\/li>\n
  6. When meringues are done, transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack and let them cool completely.<\/li>\n
  7. Before serving, mix 2 tablespoons of lemon curd with yogurt. Fill each meringue heart with this mixture, garnish with berries and dust with powdered sugar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Originally posted February 9, 2014. <\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Meringue
    Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sweet, tart and chewy, these gluten-free meringue hearts are a real treat at just 150 calories each. Get the Valentine’s Day dessert recipe here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,26,27,9],"tags":[39,52,189,345,392],"class_list":["post-24541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-dessert","tag-fruit","tag-holiday","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2celiac-disease"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}