This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Cornell chapter.
Pumpkin pie is a classic Thanksgiving dessert, but sometimes after a big meal of turkey and stuffing, it’s just too much. Here come meringues to the rescue. Meringues are airy, sweet cookies typically made out of sugar and egg whites. They are naturally gluten-free and tend to be lower in fat than other cookies. When you combine them with pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice, and you get a dreamlike bite into fall that is just as good as a heavy pie.