This recipe is adapted from The Complete Wilton Book of Candy. This recipe is a sugar/gelatin based marshmallow.

Homemade Cooked Marshmallows

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons plain gelatin
• 1/2 cup water, cold
• 2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup water, hot
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch

Procedure

1. Prep: Lining an 8" square pan with parchment.
2. Sprinkle the plain gelatin over the cold water in the bowl of a stand-up mixer, stir, then let set while the sugar syrup is coming to temp.
3. Combine sugar, corn syrup, and the hot water in a heavy 3-qt. saucepan. Place over high heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Wash down sides of pan with pastry brush dipped in water and place candy thermometer in pan. Then without stirring, bring to 245 degrees F or 118 degrees C. Set mixer to highest speed then reduce speed to slowly pour in the hot syrup into the gelatin in a steady stream to prevent the sugar from flying, then resume the high speed when all the syrup is added. Beat for about 15 minutes or until ribbon samples dropped off beaters retain their shape. Add in the vanilla.
4. Using a rubber scraper, remove mixture from bowl into prepared pan. Make level and let firm overnight at room temperature.
5. Sift powdered sugar and cornstarch together onto a cookie sheet with 1 inch sides. With a damp metal spatula, loosen sides of the marshmallow then turn out onto the powdered sugar mixture. Dampen a paper towel and lay on top of the parchment paper that is on the marshmallow. Leave on a few minutes to help loosen the paper, then peel off. Heap on the powdered sugar mixture, shake off, then cut the marshmallow square into desired width strips using a serrated knife dipped in cold water. Then using a serrated knife, again dipped in cold water, or scissors dipped in cold water, cut into desired squares. Toss the marshmallows in the powdered sugar mixture and let stand for an hour. Brush off extra powdered sugar and store in airtight container at room temperature.
6. The recipe book states they can keep for up to three weeks at room temperature but are best used fresh.

Notes

 

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe adapted from Sullivan, Eugene T. and Marilynn C. Sullivan. The Complete Wilton Book of Candy. Woodbridge: Wilton, 1981. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on October 14, 2020.