Almond Paste Recipe

  Confections

Ingredients:
10 oz dried blanched almonds
10 oz powdered sugar
5 oz sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 cup water


Directions:
Make a sugar syrup with by placing the water, sugar, and corn syrup in a saucepan. Stir it to combine. Bring it to a boil and let if boil for a few seconds. Let is cool.

Place the almonds in a food processor and process them to a fine powder. Add the powdered sugar. With the food processor running, slowly add the sugar syrup until the mixture forms a paste.

Store the almond paste tightly covered. If you will be storing it for more than a week, store in the refrigerator.

Almond Paste
 

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