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marzipan

Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
Whitewater, WI

As a child, my mom would make various fruit and veggie shapes: peas, peaches, carrots, potatoes. For the peaches, dry brush a blush of red onto yellow peaches. For potatoes, don't bother to color, but roll into cocoa power. Poke little holes with toothpick for eyes. For oranges, put the flower end of clove in for a stem and roll on a grater to texturize like an orange.

yield 100 serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For marzipan

  • 1 lb
    almond paste (not almond filling)
  • 1/3 c
    white corn syrup
  • 3/4 c
    marshmallow fluff
  • 1 tsp
    almond extract
  • 5 c
    confectioner's sugar (may use up to 6 cups)
  • various food colors

How To Make marzipan

  • 1
    mix paste, syrup, fluff and extract until smooth.
  • 2
    Add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time until it holds its shape. Turn out on board, knead until smooth.
  • 3
    Add coloring, knead until well mixed.
  • 4
    Roll into rolls, pinch off into desired shapes.
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