Emily's Famous Marshmallows

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 1/4 cups water, divided
• 4 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs 40 mins


• dust a 9x9 inch square dish generously with confectioners' sugar.
• in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together sugar, corn syrup and 3/4 cup water. heat to 250 to 265 degrees f (121 to 129 degrees c), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball.
• while syrup is heating, place remaining water in a metal bowl and sprinkle gelatin over the surface. place bowl over simmering water until gelatin has dissolved completely. keep in a warm place until syrup has come to temperature. remove syrup from heat and whisk gelatin mixture into hot syrup. set aside.
• in a separate bowl, whip egg whites to soft peaks. continue to beat, pouring syrup mixture into egg whites in a thin stream, until the egg whites are very stiff. stir in vanilla. spread evenly in prepared pan and let rest 8 hours or overnight before cutting.