Marzipan From Scratch

Marzipan candy made from scratch.

At Christmas, I frequently buy marzipan for certain friends and family.  This year I decided to make marzipan from scratch  As it turns out, it is very, very easy and much less expensive than store-bought.  And fun to make!

There are only four ingredients: almond flour (ground almonds) 1 cup, confectioners sugar 2 cups, light corn syrup l tablespoon, and almond extract 1/2 teaspoon.

You sift the almond flour and the sugar into a large bowl until they become well combined.
Sifting almond flour and sugar together.  
Mix the corn syrup and the almond extract together and add to the dry ingredients.

Almond extract and corn syrup mixed together. 
Slowly add water working into the mixture using a fork at first and then as it becomes dough-like, mix with your hand.  Use no more than 2 tablespoons of water and add the water very slowly.
When you have a smooth dough, roll it into a smooth log and wrap it tightly with plastic wrap.  Refrigerator for at least an hour before using it.

Rolled into a log ready to wrap and refrigerate. 
After the log had chilled for an hour, I rolled some of it into small balls that I dipped in melted chocolate and rolled into cocoa, finely chopped pecans, or coconut.  I was testing to see what kind of candies I wanted to make using the marzipan. I liked them all, and I was pleasantly surprised that the ones that were rolled in cocoa were my favorite.  Now that I have finished a trial run, I am ready to make lots of candy.
Ready to coat with chocolate and other trimmings. 

Marzipan candy read to eat. 
Aside from being coated with chocolate, marzipan is often shaped into various figures, including fruits and vegetables that look life-like.  Perhaps I shall try that next year.

Marzipan candy made like fruits and vegetables.
 Photo by https://www.ehow.com/how_2313223_make-marzipan-fruit.html



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