Homemade Marshmallows

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 (15 ml) packages gelatin
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl sprinkle the gelatin powder over ½ cup of the water.
• 2 place the sugar and the remaining one-cup of the water in a pot and heat until warm to the touch.
• 3 add the gelatin mixture to the warm syrup and stir until fully melted.
• 4 pour the gelatin syrup mixture into the bowl of a large stand mixer fitted with a whip.
• 5 add the corn syrup and vanilla and begin beating at high speed.
• 6 continue beating until the mixture cools, increases in volume, and forms soft peaks.
• 7 working quickly before the mixture fully sets in the bowl transfer to either a standard hotel pan dusted with powdered sugar for later cutting into cubes or transfer to a piping bag fitted with a straight tip and pipe mounds onto a non stick surface such as a silpat mat dusted with powdered sugar.