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Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies: A Low-FODMAP and Gluten-Free Recipe
June 4, 2019
A family-favorite recipe, these meringue cookies are easy to make and have only 5 ingredients!
If you are looking for an easy cookie recipe that’s also low-FODMAP and gluten-free, look no further!
When I was young, I used to love making these cookies! Little did I know, decades later, that they would be a low-FODMAP treat that I could enjoy without the worry of triggering my Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms. Recently, I remembered that I had the handwritten recipe in a book that I kept of all the recipes I would publish at a future date (this is back before the internet existed). I still remember copying it into the book from a sheet of my mother’s notepad paper before moving out after college graduation. Ah, meringue memories!
Here is a simple and delicious recipe for low-FODMAP and gluten-free meringue cookies:
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Low-FODMAP and Gluten-Free!
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 oz chocolate chips use a dairy-free brand to keep it low-FODMAP
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 225Put the egg whites in a clean, chilled bowl and whip with the salt until soft peaks form.
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Gradually add the sugar until stiff peaks form. Whisk in the vanilla, but do not over-beat.
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Fold in the chocolate chips by hand.
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On a greased cookie sheet (or lined with a silpat), drop teaspoonfuls of the batter one inch apart.
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Bake for an hour and then turn the oven off, without opening the oven door, and let them sit for an hour more. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes
If humidity gets to them, you can crisp them in a warm oven.
If you are looking to incorporate low-FODMAP foods into your diet, you often have gut health, IBS or SIBO issues or if you want to learn more about the low-FODMAP diet, I have a free video training that explains 3 Strategies for Success with the Low-FODMAP Diet. You can click here to get instant access to this training, which can be very helpful to understand more of the why behind this specific diet for people with gut health issues.
Beth Rosen
Eating Attitudes™ & Gut Expert
Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Beth Rosen Nutrition. She practices a non-diet philosophy and is a Health at Every Size" practitioner. Her goal is to end the pain of diet culture, one person at a time. Beth's techniques and programs empower chronic dieters, and those who consider themselves emotional and /or stress eaters, to ditch the vicious cycle of dieting, eat fearlessly by removing Food and diet rules, and mend their relationship with food and their bodies. Beth's works face-to-face with clients in Southbury, CT, and virtually with clients, worldwide.
