Meringues

Ingredients:

2 eggs
80 g powdered sugar (about 2/3 cup; less or more depending how sweet you want it)

Equipment:

electric beater
whisk
baking sheet
parchment paper for baking (this is important because the meringues WILL stick even to a non-stick baking sheet, and they'll crumble when you try to lift them off--you can't grease the pan, so you need the paper)
icing tube for squeezing out the meringues (OPTIONAL--you can just use a spoon if they don't have to look perfect. Or you can improvise a funnel tube to squeeze out the meringues from a piece of parchment paper.)

Directions:

1) Separate the eggs. Keep the whites for the meringues, and fry the yolks for baby food if you have a baby.
2) Beat the eggs (medium setting) for at least 3 minutes.
3) Add the sugar and whisk it in.
4) If you are making fancy meringues, put the mixture in the tube and squeeze out about 10 meringues onto a sheet of parchment paper on the baking sheet. If you are doing it the simple way, spoon the meringues out instead.
5) Cook for one hour on low heat (gas mark 2 or 300*F, 150*C).

You must eat the meringues immediately, as they will lose their crunch and get sticky very fast. They pull moisture out of the air.