10. Vintage Recipes

Be sure to check out our vintage recipe archive online at: http:
/bit.ly/1vDXn6h.  Over 1200 wonderful vintage recipes are listed.  Email
recipes@tias.com if you would like to submit a recipe.
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11.We' having our own TIAS.com virtual cookie bake this year! Send us your
favorite holiday cookie recipe and we'll feature it here!

Here's another recipe from Carol T from Cullman, AL. Thank you, Carol!

Peppermint Meringues

3 large egg whites
Pinch fine salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup superfine sugar
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract Red food coloring, preferably gel

Special equipment: a pastry bag fitted with a round tip; a small paintbrush.
Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to
250 degrees F.  Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Beat the egg whites and salt with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a
large bowl until foamy.  Add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until
soft peaks form.  While beating, add the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. 
Continue to beat until stiff peaks form.  Beat in the peppermint.
Fold the top of a pastry bag fitted with a round tip over and down a few
inches.  Dip a paintbrush in the food coloring.  Starting inside the pastry
tip, brush a stroke of food coloring from the tip to the top of the bag. 
Repeat with 3 more evenly spaced strokes. Fill the bag with the meringue; try
to spoon it directly into the center so as not to smudge the food coloring
(though some smudging is inevitable).  Pipe 1-inch-diameter mounds of meringue
spaced 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake until the meringues are no longer glossy and feel light and dry when
picked up, about 1 hour.
Open the oven for a few minutes, then turn it off and shut the door.  Leave
the meringues in the oven until they are completely dry inside, about 2
hours.  The meringues can be stored in an airtight container at room
temperature for up to 2 days.
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As with collectibles, people also have very strong feelings about foods from
their past.  Sometimes these special recipes get lost. This section is to help
people who are looking for lost recipes from their past.  If you submit a
request, please include the geographical region where you tasted the recipe. 
If you have a vintage recipe request send it to recipes@tias.com and we might
just publish it here.

TIAS.com merchants have well over 4,000 cookbooks for sale! You can
see them here: http://www.tias.com/books/cooking/

Be sure to check out our vintage kitchen collectibles section online at:
http://www.tias.com/showcase/1/Kitchen_Collectibles/1.html

Email recipes@tias.com if you have a vintage recipe you'd like to share or if
you're looking for a recipe!
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