Edible Crystallized Flowers and Leaves

"Baking for an event? Decorate your next cupcake or cake with these beautiful, inexpensive, easy, yummy flowers! This uses raw egg so use with caution."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
10
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ingredients

  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 10 small fresh edible flowers, leaves (and or mint leaves or violets or rose petals or miniature rose petals or borage blossoms or pansies)
  • 1 cup sugar
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directions

  • Gently rinse the flowers and leaves in icy cold water, remove the stems and set on a paper towel to dry.
  • Put the egg white and water in a small bowl and whip lightly with a fork, or hand-held whisk, allow to sit until the foam settles.
  • Fill a small, shallow plate with the sugar.
  • When the flowers are completely dry use a clean soft paint brush to paint one side of the blossom with the egg wash, then sprinkle with sugar.
  • Lay each blossom on waxed paper and set aside to dry.
  • When dry repeat the process on the other side, let air dry. Do not try to speed up the process by placing them in an oven, even at low temperature;this will turn them brown! Once they're completely dry use the to decorate all your wonderful confections!
  • They can be stored in airtight containers for several months.

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