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Maeshmallow Icing

A sweet icing made by melting marshmallows with water and folding into beaten egg whites.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Maeshmallow Icing

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a double boiler, combine marshmallows and water over heat, then stir until melted.

  2. Pour the hot mixture into the well-beaten egg whites.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Marshmallows
Melt into a sweet, glossy base that gives the icing its body and flavor.
Egg whites
Whip into a foam that gives the icing its light, airy structure.

The step that matters

Pour the hot mixture into the well-beaten egg whites. Pouring the hot syrup in a thin stream while beating keeps the egg whites from scrambling and lets them set into a smooth, stable foam.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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