Orange blossom French meringue cookies are the perfect delicate sweet treat to have on hand when entertaining or as a side to your afternoon tea or hot chocolate. The combination of egg whites, orange blossom oil, caster sugar, powdered sugar and salt, create these perfectly crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside, pointy on top French meringues. We love, love, love anything with orange blossom and these orange blossom flavored meringue cookies were a hit in our home! Make these almond butter cookies too and check out our collection of French cookies.
What are French meringue cookies?
There are different types of meringue cookies. These cookies are made with French meringue (using our easy meringue recipe) which creates a firm, slightly crunchy cookie on the outside, chewy on the inside. Sometimes these cookies are called French egg white cookies, meringue kisses, meringue puffs or meringue cloud cookies.
These cookies use French meringue! If you are wondering about the different types of meringue (French, Italian, Swiss), check out this post.
Orange blossom French meringue cookies ingredients
- egg whites
- orange blossom oil (known as fleur d’oranger in French)
- caster sugar
- powdered sugar
- salt
How to make meringue cookies from scratch
You’ll be a pro at making homemade meringue cookies in no time with our easy meringue cookie recipe that walks you through the entire process, step by step!
- Step 1 – Preheat your oven to 100°C (212°F).
- Step 2 – Pour the egg whites, salt and orange blossom oil into the bowl of your stand mixer and mix slowly, increasing the speed every 30 seconds. (Approximately 5 minutes.)
- Step 3 – When the mixture looks like a cloud and forms peaks, increase to maximum speed and add the caster sugar in 3 parts. Wait 5 seconds between adding each part.
- Step 4 – Add the powdered sugar in 3 parts. Wait 5 seconds between each part.
- Step 5 – Whisk for another minute and stop.
- Step 6 – Put the mixture in a pastry pouch.
- Step 7 – Pipe the meringue out onto the prepared baking sheet using a large round tip.
- Step 8 – Put in the oven for 1 hour.
- Step 9 – Turn off the oven and leave the meringue to sit for another 20 minutes.
Tips to make easy meringue cookies
Making French meringues isn’t always easy. Here are a few tips to make sure that you succeed each time you set out to make these classic meringue cookies.
- Don’t overcook or your meringues will quickly go from prettily toasted to burned (and way too hard).
- Use a good quality stand mixer to really whip the eggs quickly. The key to successfully making French meringues is whipping the egg whites into peaks which is difficult to achieve without the proper equipment. (We use the classic red KitchenAid stand mixer for all baking preparations including this French meringue recipe.)
Add your own twist to these orange meringue cookies
- Skip the fleur d’oranger and make classic French meringues.
- Add a drizzle of chocolate sauce or raspberry coulis for a little extra flavor. You could also grate dark chocolate over the meringues too.
- Use coconut sugar rather than cane sugar to make this recipe a little bit healthier.
- Make French meringue cookies with a filling by adding a dollop of jam or chocolate inside the cookies.
- Turn these cookies into French meringue sandwich cookies by cutting the French meringues in half and adding a filling, such as jam, chocolate, caramel or your favorite filling.
You may need
- You will need a good quality stand mixer to create meringues. We use the classic red KitchenAid stand mixer in our home for pretty much all of our recipes and we love it! It is worth every penny and you will enjoy it for years to come. Every home cook needs one. (It’s also so pretty that it’s decorative in additional to being functional in the kitchen.)
- Every French home has beautiful Le Creuset spatulas. Ours are cherry red to go with our red KitchenAid and collection of Le Creuset iron cookware.
- You will also need fleur d’orange (orange blossom essential oil) for this recipe and we recommend you do too. The quality of the orange blossom you use for this recipe will make or break your recipe, so we definitely recommend getting the high quality ingredient.
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French meringue cookies
You will love these orange blossom French meringues!
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Orange Blossom French Meringue Cookies
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 small meringues 1x
Description
Make these simple and delicious orange blossom French meringue cookies with 5 simple ingredients! Perfect to bring to a holiday party of for a Christmas cookie exchange.
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp orange blossom oil
- 1/4 cup of caster sugar
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 100°C (212°F).
- Pour the egg whites, salt and orange blossom oil into the bowl of your stand mixer and mix slowly, increasing the speed every 30 seconds. (Approximately 5 minutes.)
- When the mixture looks like a cloud and forms peaks, increase to maximum speed and add the caster sugar in 3 parts. Wait 5 seconds between adding each part.
- Add the powdered sugar in 3 parts. Wait 5 seconds between each part.
- Whisk for another minute and stop.
- Put the mixture in a pastry pouch.
- Pipe the meringue out onto the prepared baking sheet using a large round tip.
- Put in the oven for 1 hour.
- Turn off the oven and leave the meringue to sit for another 20 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: French
First published November 15, 2018. Last updated June 27, 2021 with more information, additional tips, and better readability.
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MB says
These look and sound delicious. I do not understand the instruction – poach the mixture and put on a baking sheet. Thank you for your help.
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Thanks for pointing out this typo! I updated the sentence – I hope it’s clear now.
Samantha @FerraroKitchen says
These look lovely and I love orange blossom so much!!