meringue will be like soup, and you cannot undo that When you fold, always keep the bowl on the table, never fold with the bowl under your arm Holding the bowl is not practical or efficient Now fill a pastry bag fitted with a ½-inch round tip and pipe teardrop shapes onto 2 parchment paper–covered sheet pans To pipe teardrops, pipe a round shape with the tip pointed straight down, then stop pressing on the pastry bag as you pull up and away (see the piping directions) Sprinkle with the toasted sliced almonds and confectioners’ sugar Bake 1 pan at a time in the preheated oven for 1 hour, until crisp Usually I do not like to bake 2 sheet pans at the same time because the results can be uneven But if you must, rotate the pans after 30 minutes of baking, switching the upper pan with the lower one IT’S DONE WHEN IT’S DONE The baked meringues should have an off-white color on the surface When you crack one open, it should be a creamy, light-brown color They will have a slight caramel flavor and will not taste as sweet as unbaked meringue If they are still completely white and feel wet, bake them for another 15 minutes Sometimes meringues crack during baking This can be a result of overfolding after adding the confectioners’ sugar American confectioners’ sugar contains 3 to 5 percent cornstarch (to prevent goods from caking), and over-folding the meringue mix after you add it creates a tight mixture that can crack during baking Cracking ... To pipe teardrops, pipe a round shape with the tip pointed straight down, then stop pressing on the pastry bag as you pull up and away (see the piping directions) Sprinkle with the toasted sliced almonds and... switching the upper pan with the lower one IT’S DONE WHEN IT’S DONE The baked meringues should have an off-white color on the surface When you crack one open, it should be a creamy, light-brown color They will have a... Bake 1 pan at a time in the preheated oven for 1 hour, until crisp Usually I do not like to bake 2 sheet pans at the same time because the results can be uneven But if you must, rotate the pans after 30 minutes of baking,