Instructions: Preheat oven to 250 deg. (No, its not your normal cookie baking temperature!) Allow the eggs to reach room temperature before separating the whites and yolks into two containers. Use a medium-sized bowl for the whites, and refrigerate the yolks to use another day. Beat the egg whites with an electric beater until stiff. Add 6 tbsp. of sugar, beating them in one at a time. Continue beating until the mixture is very stiff, like shaving cream. Add the vanilla extract, and the orange or almond extract.

Add a few drops of red food coloring to give the mixture a pink color. Fold in another 2 tbsp. of sugar, one at a time. Using a rubber spatula, divide the frothy mixture into four equal parts. Place one part on each quarter of a greased and floured cookie sheet. Form each blob into a heart by pushing the froth out and away from the center. Bake at 250deg; for 90 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Notes: Just before baking, you may decorate your hearts with colored sugar crystals or cinnamon hearts. If your cookies are removed from the oven too soon, theyll be chewy instead of light and airy.

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