Marcepan

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Title: MARCEPAN
Categories: Candies, Polish, Holiday
Yield: 2 pounds

1 lb Almonds (blanched),
-finely ground
1 lb Sugar, powdered
-(confectioner's sugar)
Food colouring
2 tb Orange water or rose
-water (Can be obtained
-from your local
-drugstore)
Decorations

Combine ground almonds, sugar and flavouring in a
saucepan. Cook until mixture leaves side of pan.
Roll almond mixture on a flat surface to about
1/2-inch thickness. Cut into shapes, mold, paint with
food colouring, decorate, etc. Place on wax paper to
dry for 2 hours.

NOTES:

* Marzipan -- This recipe could be used as part of a
12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its
own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.

: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 1/2 hour plus time to decorate.
: Precision: Approximate measurement OK.

: Original recipe passed down through the generations
and translated from Polish into English (with a few
mods) by Edward Chrzanowski : MFCF, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada :
echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or
{ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski

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