Best tips for making meringues?

[Anonymous]

I made a batch today and they turned out chewey and they stuck to the pan - any tips for melt-in-your mouth meringues? TIA

[Anonymous]

You can't make them on a humid day! They whipped to stiff peaks and then baked long and low. Cold bowl and cold beaters help. But really, it's pointless to make them until the humidity goes down.

[Anonymous]

Agree that they are impossible to make on a humid day. I use the warm meringue method from Joy of Cooking. It is pretty foolproof.

[Anonymous]

Back when I made a lot of them, I liked the overnight-in-a-turned-off-oven method. Also, I am pretty sure I used the Wilton powdered egg whites and the recipe on the can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that they are impossible to make on a humid day. I use the warm meringue method from Joy of Cooking. It is pretty foolproof.

Also I always make them on parchment paper. They peel off easily.

[Anonymous]

First rule of meringues..can't make them on humid days or days that it is raining.