Mini Meringue Pie

By JanF1201

Ingredients

• Cooking Spray
• 12 oz refrigerated sugar cookie dough, chilled
• 3 egg whites at room temperature
• 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
• pinch of salt
• 3/4 sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon curd (or lemon pudding) chilled

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Coat a 24 well mini muffin tin generously with cooking spray and place 2 tsp cookie dough into each compartment pressing dough up the sides to form a cup.
3. Bake until edges are golden, 8-10 mins. remove cups from oven, cool 30 mins in muffin tin
4. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in a clean, dry bowl until frothy, about 30 seconds. Add cream of tartar and salt and beat on high, gradually adding sugar 1 tbsp at a time, until glossy and stiff, 3 to 4 mins
5. Leaving cups in tin, fill each cup with 1tsp. lemon curd and top with 1 tbsp, meringue. Broil on low until golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute, being careful not to burn
6. Remove from broiler, let rest 10 mins in tin, then gently loosen sides and transfer to serving plate