Easy Homemade Fondant

Since my boys are outside playing on this beautiful fall day, I have time to post my recipe for homemade fondant.It's very simple and easy to work with as well! Now, once I get more practice, it may even look good ;)

The only items needed for this project are as follows: a large bowl and spatula, some Crisco, a bag

of marshmallows, a 2lb bag of powdered sugar, and a Tbs of water.

First, you grease your large bowl with Crisco, then you pour in your entire bag of marshmallows. Add 1 Tbs of water then microwave in increments of 30 sec.until melted. If you only need one color of fondant, it is easiest to add the coloring now. Otherwise, you will knead in

your colors at the end.

You will then add about half a bag of powdered sugar into your melted marshmallows and mix together with your spatula. When the mixture starts to form a ball, you are ready for the next step.Your next step is to grease your work surface.

That's right. . .smear a big glob of Crisco onto your sanitized table, and your good to go!

Now, dump some more powdered sugar onto your ball of dough and knead until it has the consistency of play-do. Form into a ball and coat with some more Crisco (aren't your hands feeling soft now?).

Wrap with saran wrap and let it "rest." I have read that it needs to rest from 10 min up until 8 hrs.! I let it rest for about 4 hrs this last time and it worked fine :)

After it "rests," you are ready to roll it out. Again, you need to grease and

powder your table. Now, roll away until it is about 1/8 in. thick.

The other thing about using fondant to cover a cake, is that you need to prep the cake first. I cover it with a thin layer of frosting, but recently was told that a layer of jelly will also do the trick (and that sounds yummy!).

I had always been intimidated by fondant, but this process is really quite simple. Just think of it as play-do, and have some fun! Cut out shapes, letters, or roll to make a border. The possibilities are endless!

Oh, and this is my finished product: a yellow dump truck :)