Homemade Marshmallows
Delicious soft fluffy Marshmallows that are 100% better than the store-bought kind.
Equipment
- 1 electric mixer
Ingredients
- 5 tsp gelatin
- 1 cup cold water
- 1½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- icing sugar for sprinkling
- cooking spray for lining the tray
Instructions
- Prepare an 8x8 baking pan by lining it with parchment paper, cooking spray, and sprinkling with confectioners sugar. set aside
- In the bowl of a stand mixer place gelatin and ½ cup of cold water. give it a quick mix and set aside to bloom while making the sugar mixture
- in a medium saucepan add ½ cup of cold water, corn syrup, granulated sugar, and salt.
- over medium heat, stir the mixture very slowly until it has all dissolved. turn the heat up to high and bring the temperature of the sugar up to 240°f. leave the mixture alone and do not stir while raising the temperature. too much agitation will increase crystallization.
- once it reaches 240°f remove it from heat.
- with the whisk attachment on the stand mixer start on a low speed while slowly adding the hot sugar down the side of the bowl to the bloomed gelatin.
- once everything is combined slowly up the speed one setting at a time as the mixture gets thicker and thicker till you get to the highest speed. (if you go too fast too soon the very hot sugar will fly everywhere)
- keep whipping the mixture until it forms hard peaks. add vanilla and stir until combined.
- pour the mixture into the prepared baking sheet, and sprinkle top with an even coating of confectioners sugar. leave overnight to set up.
- the next day, turn the marshmallow out onto a surface that has been prepared with a sprinkle of confectioners sugar. using a sharp knife cut into desired sizes. coating the knife with some sugar can help them not stick to the knife.
- toss the marshmallows in more confectioners sugar to be sure all sides are covered. shake off excess sugar and you are all done.