At It Again!

For Valentine's Day treats we made home-made marshmallows, again ; )

Recipe for marshmallows:

3 packets of unflavored gelatin

1 C ice water

1 1/2 C sugar

1 C light corn syrup

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp vanilla, or any other flavoring of your choice

1/4c powdered sugar

1. Put gelatin in a bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer (trust me, you'll want to use the heaviest one you have) and and 1/2 C ice water, stir gently to combine and set aside

2. In a saucepan, combine 1/2c water, corn syrup, granulated sugar and salt; stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until it reaches 245F (about 20 minutes of so), stir occasionally.

3. Remove from heat and SLOWLY pour into gelatin mixture in small incraments by scooping up first with glass measuring cup.

4. Whip on high speed 12 - 15 minutes adding vanilla during last few minutes. Mixture will be thick, white and luke warm.

5. While whipping, combine cornstarch, and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick spray then coat bottoms and sides with powdered sugar/cornstarch mixture.

6. Quickly, spread mixture onto prepared pan and cool overnight.

7. Cut into desired shapes and toss to coat with remaining powdered sugar mixture.

Put gelatin and water in a bowl of a heavy-duty mixer.

Make a simple syrup on the stove. This time, I added raspberry flavor to turn in pink and give it a yummy taste.

While the syrup is warming, coat a jelly roll pan with non-stick spray and a mixture of corn starch and powered sugar.

After the syrup reaches 245 degrees, about 20 minutes, pour it in with the gelatin mixture and beat on high for 15 minutes.

Quickly pour the sticky goodness into pan and spread out. Dust with the sugar mixture again and set overnight.

Then cut. I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter to make little hearts. Then, packaged them with love!

We also dipped several of them in bitter-sweet chocolate and chilled. I didn't get a picture of those though. You are going to have to take my word, however, that they were quite delectable! I wish I could share the taste via the internet . . . but that technology is not here yet, right?

Happy Valentine's Day!