ast night we had our friend Forest Sun play a cozy house concert in our home. We lit a fire and some candles, and I made hot cocoa and these marshmallows to go alongside. They turned out well - way better than store-bought, in my opinion.

To make marshmallows, you heat water, sugar, corn syrup, and salt to soft-ball stage, or 240F. Then you add that to softened gelatin, beat until thick and white, add in beaten egg whites and vanilla, and pour it in a pan to set up. I used oiled plastic wrap that I cut longer than the length of the pan to make a handle if I needed extra help getting the marshmallow out of the pan, and that was a good idea because it's extremely sticky.

After they set up and I removed them from the pan, I used a pizza cutter to cut them into cubes and dredged them in sifted powdered sugar. I left mine plain white vanilla, but they would make a great gift dressed up a bit with food coloring, dipped in chocolate, or with flavored oil added in.