We had our first snow of the season yesterday. Not enough to blanket the ground, but just a slow fluttering - softly falling all day. The kind of snow that makes you want to sit in front of the fire with a hot steaming cup of hot cocoa! While in the mood, I finished piecing a holiday layout using my favorite vintage yummies and Crafty Secrets images. I just love this color combination (sort of obsessed with it - lol!)
The vintage images were taken from
Crafty Secret's Double Sided Christmas Creative Scraps. Love this set! SO versatile!
If your weather is starting to nip at your nose - and you are sipping some hot cocoa of your own - you must whip up a batch of these yummy peppermint marshmallows to plop into your steamy mug! Don't they just look delightful?! And what a perfect co-worker, boss, or teacher gift!
Ingredients
Makes sixteen 2-inch squares
- Vegetable-oil cooking spray
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 4 packages (1/4 ounce each) unflavored gelatin
- 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
Directions
- Coat an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray; line bottom with parchment paper. Coat the parchment with cooking spray, and set pan aside. Put sugar, corn syrup, and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Stop stirring; let mixture come to a boil. Raise heat to medium-high; cook until mixture registers 260 degrees on a candy thermometer.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle gelatin over 3/4 cup water in a heatproof bowl; let stand 5 minutes to soften. Set the bowl with the gelatin mixture over a pan of simmering water; whisk constantly until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat, and stir in extract; set aside.
- Beat egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until stiff (but not dry) peaks form. Whisk gelatin mixture into sugar mixture; with mixer running, gradually add to egg whites. Mix on high speed until very thick, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Pour mixture into lined pan. Working quickly, drop dots of red food coloring across surface of marshmallow. Using a toothpick, swirl food coloring into marshmallow to create a marbleized effect. Let marshmallow stand, uncovered, at room temperature until firm, at least 3 hours or overnight. Cut into squares. From Martha Stewart Living
The vintage images were taken from Crafty Secret's Double Sided Christmas Creative Scraps. Love this set! SO versatile!
