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marzipan

(1 rating)
Recipe by
MrsPatricia Boies
Salem, OR

Great for entertaining

(1 rating)
yield 24 - 36 confections
prep time 30 Min

Ingredients For marzipan

  • 3-oz pkg
    jell-o brand gelatin, any flavor
  • 1 c
    almonds, blanched
  • 1-3/4 c
    baker's cookie coconut
  • 2/3 c
    sweetened condensed milk
  • 1-1/2 tsp
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    almond extract
  • food coloring

How To Make marzipan

  • 1
    Thoroughly mix all ingredients. Shape into small fruits or vegetables by hand or with small candy molds. If desired, use food coloring to paint details on fruit, add whole cloves and citron or angelica for stems and blossom ends. Chill until dry, then store at room temperature in covered container.
  • 2
    Appropriate flavors: -Strawberry flavor gelatin for strawberries -Lemon flavor gelatin for grapefruit, bananas, lemons,pears -Lime flavor gelatin for green apples, green pears, limes -Orange flavor gelatin for carrots, pumpkins,tangerines, oranges -Cherry flavor gelatin for cherries
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