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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