Category: Candy and Confections
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Marshmallow Puff Pops
During our Easter break, we made a double batch of our homemade marshmallow recipe and piped some into peeps, which we covered with sugar. It was a fun treat and a great kitchen exercise for the kids. Half of the marshmallow was poured into a lightly greased a half sheet pan that was lined with a sheet of parchment paper. I let it…
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Part 2- Italian Meringue
Italian meringue is not difficult to make, once you get the hang of it. The hardest part is getting over the fear of making the syrup and pouring it into the whites…and not the actual process itself. Italian meringue can be used on top of pies, tarts, cakes and baked alaska, but remember, you can’t pipe…
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Part 1-French Meringue
As we said yesterday, French meringue is only used to accomplish 2 things…lighten a batter or pipe out meringue shells/cookies that will bake in a cool oven for several hours, and then left to dry overnight in the oven after the oven is turned off. Baked meringue shells should not take on any color when they…
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All about meringue…
www.goodfoodgourmet.com I had been perusing many food blogs for about a year and a half before I decided to launch my own. In that time, I came across many dessert recipes that gave wrong information on use and procedure for making many different items. I am not saying that these people gave the bad info…
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Homemade Marshmallow Peeps
I usually don’t post on the weekends, and generally reserve those days to develop new recipes, articles and stories for the blog…but since it is Easter weekend and everyone seems to be buying up tons of candy, I thought I would share a homemade marshmallow recipe we made today for the kids. I made a…