Marzipan

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup blanched whole almonds or 1 1/3 cups slivered almonds
• 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons water
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 slightly beaten egg

Recipe

• 1 place almonds in a blender container or food processor bowl cover and blend or process until ground.
• 2 in a mixer bowl combine the ground almonds, the 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar, almond extract and 2 tablespoons water beat with electric mixer until the mixture forms a ball.
• 3 gradually add the 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, beating until combined.
• 4 stir in enough egg (about 1 tablespoon) to form a clay-like mixture.
• 5 tint with food coloring, if desired.
• 6 mold or shape the marzipan as desired, using about 2 teaspoons marzipan for each shape.