Zoe - Marshmallows

[Guest guest]

Here ya go, remember for these to turn out right, you have to get the temp right

 

You need a good mixer (I burned my $14 Walmart special up making these).  Stand

mixer with a whisk will work best, or a good quality hand mixer.

 

3 cups sugar of choice (I use turbinado)

1/4 cup corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup water

1 Tablespoon agar powder (it works oK with corn starch as well)

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (use the good stuff)

2 cup powdered sugar for dusting

 

Grease and dust a 9 " x 13 " pan

 

I use a thin layer of vegetable shortening then dust with powdered sugar until

completely coated, shaking out what doesn't stick to the pan

 

In another large pan, mix the sugar, corn syrup, salt, water and agar powder.

 

Heat the mixture to 240 F (use a candy thermometer) or when a bit of the mixture

is dropped into cold water forms a soft ball

 

Remove from heat and immediately begin mixing it with your mixer.

 

Start on low then work your way up to high, until you get stiff peaks (dunk a

clean spoon in the mixture, hold beater or whisk attachment straight up and

wiggle a bit (careful don't burn yourself), if it stands up to that, you're

ready).

 

Mixing will take about 10 minutes, maybe a bit longer, depending on your mixer.

 

Be very careful the mixture doesn't splash - it's very hot! Ouch

 

Pour the mixture into your prepared 9 x 13 pan, smooth out the best you can...

 

Place in fridge UNCOVERED for an hour.

 

Cover the pan with wrap of your choice.

 

Keep in fridge for an additional 7 hours.

 

Uncover, liberally dust the top with powdered sugar.

 

Cut along the sides with a knife and cut the squares to the desired size.

 

take each out and dust all sides with powdered sugar.

 

There you go, vegan marshmallows.

 

Store in air tight container

 

The better vanilla you use, the better these will be.

 

Cheers,

Pete

 

--- On Fri, 12/12/08, Zoe Pane <gogreenhugatree wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Could you post the marshmellow recipe?????? ????? Zoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

do you think that I would be able to heat the mixture up to 240 making

a double boiler with a saucepan and my stand mixer bowl? Or would it

just not get high enough using that method vs being directly over the

stove?

 

Al

 

, Pete Self <self.pete wrote:

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> Heat the mixture to 240 F (use a candy thermometer) or when a bit of

the mixture

> is dropped into cold water forms a soft ball

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> Remove from heat and immediately begin mixing it with your mixer.

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