Making Your First Batch of Marshmallows
It should take you about 45 minutes to make your first batch of marshmallows, and less time as you become more familiar with the process. Basically, marshmallow making is broken down into these parts:
• Marshmallow Syrup: A homemade invert sugar syrup that helps to control crystallization. (You can use light corn syrup instead, if you prefer.)
• The base: This is the combination of Marshmallow Syrup, cane sugar, water, and occasionally other ingredients, cooked to a specific temperature.
• The bloom: Before granulated gelatin can be used in a recipe, it must first be softened, or “bloomed,” in a cold liquid so the crystals are separated and don’t form lumps. Flavoring ingredients might be added to the bloom in some recipes.
• Additional flavoring: Certain flavorings can’t be included in the cooked base or the bloom, so they’re added at another time in the recipe and are listed separately in the ingredients list.
• The marshmallow batter: This refers to the base and bloom mixture that is poured into the bowl and beaten, then spread into a pan, molded, or piped into shapes.
Please check out the other photos and all of the tips on this page about making homemade marshmallows and marshmallow fluff.
