Toasted Coconut Marshmallows
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
96
ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
- 2.5 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin (2 tablespoons plus 1 1/4 teaspoons)
- 3⁄4 cup cold water, divided
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 2⁄3 cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg whites
- 2⁄3 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
directions
- Line a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with heavy-duty plastic wrap, allowing plastic wrap to extend 1 inch over sides of pan. Lightly coat the plastic wrap with cooking spray.
- Spread coconut in an even layer in bottom of pan; set aside.
- Sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water in a small bowl; set aside.
- Combine remaining 1/4 cup of water, 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Cook, without stirring, over medium-high heat until a candy thermometer registers 260° (about 15 minutes).
- Remove from heat; gradually stir in softened gelatin (mixture will appear foamy).
- While sugar mixture cooks, beat the vanilla, salt, and egg whites at high speed in a heavy-duty stand mixer with whisk attachment until foamy.
- Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form. Gradually pour in gelatin mixture, beating until very thick (about 5 minutes).
- Gently spread marshmallow mixture over coconut in prepared pan.
- Coat 1 side of another sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray. Place plastic wrap, coated side down, over marshmallow mixture.
- Chill 8 hours or until firm.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar and cornstarch over a cutting board.
- Remove top sheet of plastic wrap.
- Invert marshmallow mixture over powdered sugar mixture.
- Using a dough scraper, cut mixture into about 1-inch squares.
- Store between sheets of wax or parchment paper in an airtight container.
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Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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