Date And Nut Meringues - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 egg whites
1/4 tsp. salt
1 3/4 c. xxxx sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
2 c. broken pecan meats
1 c. chopped dates
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Add salt to egg whites.
Beat to a stiff foam. Add sugar, sifted with flour, one tablespoon at a time.
Continue beating until dry and stiff. Fold in nut meats and dates.
Add vanilla. Drop from teaspoon on aluminum foil or unwaxed paper, 1/2 teaspoon in rounds. Bake in slow oven at 300\u00b0 for 25 minutes. Turn over aluminum foil and cool.
Peel off. Store in tin box.
Yields over 2 dozen.