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How to make easy homemade marshmallows

Easy Homemade Marshmallows

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cold water (divided)
  • 2 cups light corn syrup
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 6 packets unflavored gelatin
  • 1 tsp vanilla (or flavor of choice)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Combine gelatin and 1 cup of cold water into a mixing bowl. Set aside

  2. In a saucepan, combine remaining cup of water, 2 cups sugar and 2 cups corn syrup. 

    Heat on high for 3 minutes. When the 3 minutes is up, turn down the heat and allow the mixture to simmer for 7 minutes, watching the temperature with a candy thermometer, when the temperature reaches 240 remove from the heat.

  3. Slowly pour the hot mixture down the side of the mixing bowl and start mixing the gelatin and the hot corn syrup together on the lowest mixer setting slowly increasing the speed as it thickens 

  4. Mix until they form stiff peaks. 

  5. Transfer to prepared baking pans (glass works best), coat top with cornstarch and powdered sugar. 

    Let sit 4 hours or up to overnight

  6. Turn out on to cutting surface and cut into squares of your desired size

  7. Once cut, dip each side of the square into the cornstarch and powdered sugar.