How to Make Marshmallows Easy Way
Make these pillow soft marshmallows at home and enjoy them with your kids.
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
1 standard cup = 250 ml