Marshmallows

Name: Marshmallows
Yield: Makes 117 marshmallows
Ingredients: 2/3 cup (2 2/3 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1/3 cup, cornstarch; 1 cup, cold water; 2 1/2 tablespoons, unflavored gelatin; 2/3 cup, light corn syrup; 2 cups (14 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2015

Desserts or Baked Goods

Make Ahead

Homemade marshmallows are easy to make. Serve with our Hot Chocolate Mix or cut them into mini marshmallows to use in our 15-Minute Rocky Road Fudge.

SERVESMakes 117 marshmallows

TIME1 hour, plus 12 hours resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make homemade marshmallows, we heat a mixture of water, sugar, and corn syrup and beat it with unflavored gelatin until the mixture transforms from a translucent liquid into a white, fluffy goo. We found that when the mixture is thick en...

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