Marzipan

Marzipan Recipe:

1. Beat 2 eggs whites until stiff.
2. Mix them with 1 cup almond paste.
3. Flavor with 1/2 teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract.
4. Add about 1 cup confectioners’ sugar or enough to make the mixture stiff enough to handle.
5. Let it stand overnight, covered with a damp cloth.
6. Next day, color the paste with a variety of vegetable coloring and mold into small shapes of fruits and vegetables-pears, apple, peaches, potatoes, carrots and pumpkins.
7. Mazipan may be used to stuff pitted dates and prunes or it can be formed into small balls with walnut or pecan halves on each side.

List of ingredients required:

• Beat 2 eggs.
• 1 Cup almond paste.
• 1/2 Teaspoon Lemon or Vanilla extract.
• 1 Cup confectioners’ sugar
• Vegetable coloring.
• Pitted dates.
• Prunes.
• Walnut halves.
• Pecan halves.