marzipan candy

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 8 ounces almond paste
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 3 drops any color food coloring

Recipe

• break the almond paste into small pieces over a medium bowl. add 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar, and work it in with your hands until incorporated. it will be crumbly. add another 3/4 cup of sugar, and work it in really well. pour in the corn syrup, and work it in until evenly blended. spread remaining sugar out on a clean work surface, and knead the dough until smooth and uniform, 3 to 5 minutes. if the dough seems too sticky, knead in more sugar. wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about an hour. it should have the consistency of modeling dough.
• break off small pieces of marzipan to color, kneading in color thoroughly until you arrive at the desired color. then blend the colored pieces into larger portions of dough. dust a work surface and rolling pin with confectioners' sugar, and roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. cut into desired shapes using small cookie cutters to make candies.