Make Marshmallows at home the easy way… it’s is so quick and so much fun. These sweet fluffy, pillow-soft vanilla-scented bites are a favourite among kids.
You will be surprised to know that you can make such soft and fluffy marshmallows at the comfort of your home with a few basic ingredients and easy steps.
We have been making marshmallows at home during Christmas every year for a long time and each time they turn out so soft and fluffy.
In this post, you will learn –
- How to cook Marshmallows
- What are the ingredients in Marshmallows
- How to make Marshmallows the easy way
Table of Contents
What are Ingredients in Marshmallow
- Unflavoured Gelatin – is the main ingredient in marshmallows. Use the unflavoured gelatin and flavour it as per your choice.
- Granulated sugar – Melt Sugar on a low to medium heat till you get a two-thread consistency. This is an important step or else your marshmallows will turn soggy the next day.
- Egg white – Though adding egg white is optional it enhances the texture of the marshmallows
- Vanilla Extract – Finally, we use vanilla extract to flavour our marshmallows.
How its made – Marshmallows
1 Cup = 250 ml
- Add 350 grams sugar to 1/2 cup water and melt it on medium flame. Melt the sugar to form a syrup of 2 thread consistency.
To know if your sugar has reached a 2 thread consistency, simply hold a little syrup between the tips of your forefinger and thumb. Now try to pull it apart and you will notice threads like structures that determine the consistency of the syrup.
- Add 2 tbsp gelatin into 1/2 cup water and then melt it in the microwave for a minute. You could also melt the gelatin on a double boiler.
To melt the gelatin in a double boiler, place gelatin and water in a bowl over the double boiler and keep stirring till gelatin melts.
- Beat up one egg white into a stiff froth. Adding egg white is optional but trust me it gives a nice texture to your marshmallows.
- To assemble the marshmallows, beat up the melted sugar with an electric beater. Add 1 to 2 tbsp of melted gelatin at the same time. Beat till all the gelatin mixture is used up.
- Now add the beaten egg, vanilla essence, and a little food colour, if using. Continue to beat for a minute or two. Then pour this mixture into a tray greased with butter. You could also use parchment paper on your tray for easy removal.
- Place this marshmallow mixture in the refrigerator to set till firm and then unmould. The marshmallow initially will feel sticky, unmould on to a mixture of cornflour and icing sugar, and then cut into cubes.
- Roll the marshmallow cubes into the cornflour-icing sugar mixture and then store them in an air-tight container.
Make Marshmallows the Easy Way at Home this Christmas and enjoy them with your kids and family.
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Ingredients
What are Ingredients in Marshmallow
- 350 grams granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
- food colour, preferably pink optional
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 Egg white optional
- A pinch of salt
- 2-3 tbsp Icing sugar & cornflour mixture for rolling the marshmallows
For the gelatin mixture
- 2 tbsp gelatin
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Grease a 9" x 9" pan with butter. Preferably line the pan with parchment paper.
- Beat up the egg white to a stiff froth.
How to Cook Marshmallows
- Into ½ cup water add the sugar and keep stirring on a medium flame till syrup forms into two thread consistency. Let cool.
- Into the remaining ½ cup water add gelatin and melt on a double boiler or microwave for a minute.
- Beat up the sugar syrup with a beater, add melted gelatin little by little and continue to beat till the entire gelatin mixture is used up.
- Add the egg white, vanilla essence and colour and continue to beat for 2 – 3 more minutes.
- Now pour the marshmallow mixture into the greased tray and chill in the refrigerator till firm.
- Unmould the marshmallow on to a mixture of icing sugar and cornflour. Cut into cubes and store them in an air-tight container.
Notes
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Wow awesome receipe tired it and it turned out superb best marshmallow receipe ever so soft it melts in your mouth Thanks Anita
That’s a very sweet comment Patricia. Thanks a lot