Peppermint Marshmallows
Ingredients
3 envelopes of unflavoured gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
food colouring
icing sugar

Steps
Line a 9 by 13 inch pan with plastic wrap and lightly grease it with oil.

In your stand mixer equipped with the whisk attachment, pour the 1/2 cup of cold water and sprinkle the gelatin onto it. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.

In a small saucepan, whisk together the sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup water until uniform. Bring to a boil, then allow to boil hard for a minute.

Pour the boiling sugar mixture over the gelatin and add salt. Turn your mixer on to high, and beat for 12 minutes.

Add extracts and food colouring (I used enough red food colouring to achieve a pink colour, added drop by drop), and incorporate into mixture.

Scrape mixture into the prepared pan. The mixture will be very sticky, but just do your best. Spread the mixture as evenly as possible in the pan. Place an oiled sheet of plastic wrap on top, pressing the mixture even it out, and allow marshmallows to sit overnight.

When removing the marshmallow slab from the pan, ensure that you coat it completely with icing sugar, so is doesn’t stick to everything! Cut into bite-sized pieces with a sharp knife or kitchen shears, coating each cut marshmallow with icing sugar. Enjoy!