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affreca ([personal profile] affreca) wrote2007-09-28 09:36 am
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My family recipe (stolen from a cooking magazine, but Mom's been making it for as long as I remember). I got a copy last year, but I can't find it (something I realized after I had ground up almonds). Mom sent me another copy, and I'm posting it so I remember where it is.

Marzipan
1 cup whole almonds or 1 1/3 cup silvered almonds

Through in blender and grind. Occasionally you dump it out and sift out the floured parts, and grind up the rest. Grind until all is flour like.

1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons water

Mix in with almonds. (I find it easiest to mix in the sugar first, then the liquids).

2 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Add more sugar. Really. Add in enough water to make it claylike, then add food coloring. Put in mint molds, cool/dry until they peel out, then store. Numm, numm.. Also, insanely sugary.