Marshmallow Spread

Name: Marshmallow Spread
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: Makes 2 1/3 cups
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons powdered dried egg whites, such as Just Whites; 2 tablespoons warm water; 2/3 cup light corn syrup; 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Stand mixer

By Kemp Minifie

May 6, 2011

Homemade marshmallow spread is so ridiculously easy to make that you'll chuckle at yourself for ever having assumed it was complicated. Making it also allows you to use pure vanilla extract, which tastes so much better than the fake vanillin flavoring in many commercial versions. This spread is superb in S'mores Crêpes .

Cooks' note:

You can substitute pasteurized egg whites such as Eggology. Use amount to equal 1 egg white. Leftover spread keeps, covered and refrigerated, for several weeks.

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