Chocolate Lady Fingers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 75
• 4 eggs, seperated
• 1 pinch salt or 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons good quality cocoa

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 using an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar on high speed until soft peaks form.
• 3 gradually add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff.
• 4 in a separate bowl, beat egg yolks, vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup sugar until thick.
• 5 stir in flour, cocoa, using a rubber spatula.
• 6 gently fold egg whites into flour mixture.
• 7 fill a pastry bag with a plain open tip with cookie batter.
• 8 pipe batter onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, making 3 inch ladyfingers.
• 9 space cookies 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.
• 10 bake immediately for 10- 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 11 remove cookie sheet from oven.
• 12 cool cookies on parchment paper.
• 13 when cool, use a metal spatula to carefully remove ladyfingers from the parchment.
• 14 store cooled cookies in an airtight container to retain softness.