Baked Snowballs Recipe!
What you'll need
- 12 vanilla or chocolate wafer cookies or six 1/2-inch-thick slices of your favorite cake
- 6 scoops of your favorite ice cream
- 3 egg whites at room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Chocolate syrup, sprinkles, and Maraschino cherries
How to make it
Break
each cookie or slice of cake into several small pieces and divide them
evenly among six 3-inch ramekins, pressing them into the bottom of each.
Fill each ramekin with ice cream, using the back of a spoon to smooth
it level at the top. Place the ramekins on a cookie sheet in the freezer
while you prepare the snow (meringue).
- Heat the
oven to 500ยบ. Place the egg whites in a medium-size bowl and whip them
with an electric beater set at medium-high speed until they resemble soap bubbles. Add the cream of tartar and continue
beating until soft peaks form (now it will look like shaving cream).
While you continue beating, add the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time and
then the vanilla extract. Continue beating until shiny, stiff peaks
form, about 2 minutes. Now you have your snow!
- Remove
the ramekins from the freezer and spread the snow meringue over the top
of each with a spatula, taking care to completely cover the ice cream.
This "blanket of snow" is what insulates the ice cream, keeping it cold
in the hot oven. Bake the snowballs on the cookie sheet until the tops
are golden brown, about 1 to 3 minutes. Watch them carefully; they brown
quickly. Garnish the snowballs with chocolate syrup, sprinkles, and
cherries, and serve. Makes 6.
Source: http://spoonful.com/recipes/baked-snowballs
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