It's A Marshmallow World in the Winter

Eeeeeek. Man! My oven is toast (pun intended) AGAIN. Seriously, WTH! This is the 3rd oven my LL has brought, this last one being his own before he bought a new one for his own house, and it only lasted 7 weeks. There's got to be a serious electrical issue. ARGHHHHH!

Anyhoo... Since I couldn't bake this past VDay, I went ahead and made marshmallows. (thankfully, my range top still works-yay for small miracles :)
I used a recipe from Smitten Kitchen (thank you very much):
http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/06/springy-fluffy-marshmallows/

Since I'm still camera-less, smartphone pics will have to suffice. And I didn't take any of the actual cooking of the 'mallows (I really wanted to keep an eye on that sugar mixture).

These came out as promised, and were absolutely dee-lish... Couple comments on the directions: It only took about 8 minutes for the sugar/syrup mix to reach 240 degrees (maybe because I cook with a gas range?), and my hand-held mixer whipped up the deliciousness in under 10 minutes, not longer as some testers reported. 
SO-what does a girl with no open fire pit do with homemade marshmallows?

She makes portable s'mores!!

I just melted up some chocolate chips I had on hand, smooshed the 'mallow on top, and drizzled some extra on top: scrump-didly-umptious :)



I made 2 kinds of 'mallows: a plain pink (very 'heart day' apropos), and a mint-green. On the mint, I just added 1 teaspoon of mint & 2 teaspoons vanilla. Next time I would add half the amount of mint, because it was a teensy bit strong. Here was my assembly line:

I really think I will make my own 'mallows from now on. I don't eat them very often, and these were sooo much better than store-bought. AND, easy too-I had never even seen a candy thermometer before! I just have to remember to keep gelatin on hand :)


I'll leave you with this yummy-ness:

Enjoy :)


Lyrics: A Marshmallow World, C. Sigman & P. Rose