There are a few things I haven’t been able to find in Poland. Until recently, that list included marshmallows. Once I’d made up my mind to make my own for use in a recipe, I saw them in the food section at Mark’s and Spenser’s, a British department store. Making homemade marshmallows was so much easier than I expected.
Since my cake baking buddy Jenn just made her own graham crackers for a cheesecake crust, I’m dreaming about from scratch s’mores – one of my family’s winter favorites. These marshmallows have so much more flavor and texture than the mass produced kind.
I followed Alton Brown‘s recipe, so you know it’s going to be good.
Smacznego!
Lois
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Homemade Marshmallows
Ingredients
- nonstick spray
- 1/4 cup corn starch
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 packets of unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup cold water, divided
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup (item number two that I can’t find in Poland – I subbed Golden Syrup, giving the marshmallows a hint of a treacle flavor)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Prepare a 9 x 13 pan by coating with cooking spray
- Combine corn starch and powdered sugar, dust the pan with this mixture, saving the rest for coating individual marshmallows.
- Add gelatin and half of the water to a mixing bowl
- In a small saucepan, combine remaining water, sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Cook, covered, over medium-high heat for 3 to 4 minutes
- Uncover, cook for 7 to 8 minutes more, until 240 degrees or soft ball
- Slowly add the hot syrup to the gelatin, mixing on low speed until combined (when mine got to this point, it started to “climb” the beaters)
- Increase mixer to high speed and beat until thick and lukewarm.
- Add vanilla just before finished
- Pour into prepared pan
- Allow to set up for at least 4 hours
- Cut into 1-inch squares, coating all sides in the powdered sugar mixture
- If they last long enough, store in a cover container
An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com, she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.
Ege
Yum Yum 😉 I fin marshmallows frome store not so tasty, are these better?
Jenn
WOHOO! I’ve heard that these are easy but haven’t gotten around to try it.
Can you imagine, homemade graham crackers with homemade marshmallow, with good quality chocolate (as there’s no way we’ll make our own chocolate :)). It’ll be so heavenly! Wish we’d live closer Lois, I can bring the crackers :).
evil cake lady
mmm! i love homemade marshmallows! how about ganache instead of a chocolate bar? why not make it incredibly decadent 🙂
Mendy
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Cool. I think Joe Pastry also has a good recipe.
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I have always wanted to experiment making marshmallows so loking forward to trying this recipe.