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We're going to make fondant. Everybody loves fondant, at least to play with. I'm not a
big fan of the way most of them taste, especially store-bought fondant. So I've experimented
with a whole bunch of different recipes, found one that tastes wonderful and it's fun to
play with, especially for kids because it's like edible play dough and you can make your
cupcakes cute and all that. So we're going to start with about six cups of powdered sugar
and one container of marshmallow cream. This is a 13 oz container of marshmallow cream,
and it seems like every time I make it I have to adjust either the marshmallow cream or
powdered sugar, something, to get it just right. If you've worked with marshmallow cream
before, you know how sticky and incredibly gooey it is. So that's why I like to wear
rubber gloves when I make fondant. You can put it in your Kitchen Aid, use your hook
to go ahead and mix it a little bit, or your paddle, just to get a good start on the mix
or you can do it all by hand. We generally just do it by hand. And it will make a little
bit of a mess but that's part of fondant for you. Now one thing to know about fondant is
if it's too stiff you can use a little bit of karo syrup. The karo syrup is going to
soften it up a little bit, make it easier to use. It will also give it a little more
of a shine. You can use a tiny bit of water too if you need to. I'm talking like maybe
a tablespoon of water to get it the right consistency if it's too stiff. If it's too
gooey, of course, just add a little more powdered sugar or go ahead and add a little bit of
karo syrup. So very, very easy to do. Once it reaches a certain point where it's starting
to hold together pretty good, I'll generally lose the gloves because then it's just sticking
to my gloves too much to handle. I like to add a little bit more powdered sugar to my
work surface, like you would kneading bread dough. And go ahead and turn it out. From
here it's just kneading the rest of it together just like bread dough. This will take a little
bit of time, a little bit of effort, but if any of you have purchased store fondant you
know how expensive it is and how quickly it dries out, and I've just never been a big
fan, and most of the fondants I've bought from a store end up not working for me, so
this is my preferred method, is just to make it and have fun with it. Pretty soon you're
going to have a nice, thick fondant, real similar to bread dough in the way that it kneads and the texture.
And if you notice it's still a little sticky, go ahead and add
a little karo syrup or a little more powdered sugar, and if kids are playing with it and
you notice it's a little sticky, you can use a little bit of spray pam, just on your work
surfaces or whatever, and that will help to keep it from sticking. There is your fondant.
I like to use a paste, food coloring paste to color it, not the drops. the drops are
going to make it wet and make it go sticky again. So, use your paste to color it and
we will show you some really cool things that we make out of it. Very easy, simple fondant.