It's so expensive to buy and much more inexpensive to make yourself for all those goodies that call for almond paste during the Christmas and Easter holidays.
This recipe for almond paste will allow you to make all your favorite pastries all year long at half the price of buying them in a bakery.
Make sure you have airtight containers available for storing.
If you need some ideas for using Almond paste, you can mold it into shapes for decorating cakes; it's great in cookies, pies, and pastries, and perfect for holiday baking.
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What's The Difference between Marzipan and Almond Paste?
While they both are made of almonds, marzipan and almond paste are completely different kinds of pastes.
Marzipan is smooth, sweet, and often dyed and molded into shapes.
Almond paste, however, is coarser, less sweet, and used as an ingredient or filling for baked goods.
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Tips for Making the Best Easy Homemade Almond Paste
- Add in cookies, cakes, and pastries.
- Refrigerate before using in recipes.
- Wrap homemade almond paste tightly and store in air-tight containers
- Only use almond extract not imitation
Why Make Your Own Almond Paste
- This is economical, and almond paste is so easy to make.
- This almond paste will save you lots of money, can be made in minutes, and is great for all your recipe needs.
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Almond Paste
If you ever wanted to learn how to make an almond paste but were very skeptical about doing so because you may think it's hard to do, it's much easier than you think!
Not only is almond paste easy to make and economical, but it also tastes so much better when freshly made.
I love how it smells; it's really hard not to want to eat it and the mouth-watering confection is the best for all kinds of cookies, pie, pastries, and much more!
Seriously, this will also make a great gift for your favorite baker around the holiday season!
Wrap it tightly and put this in with the recipe, label it, and in a beautiful, sealed, pretty tin!
Yield: 8 ounces
Easy Homemade Almond Paste
This is how to make homemade almond paste used in cookies, cakes, and Italian pastries. The paste is fragrant with almond and sweet. This can also be molded into shapes for decorating.
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 45 Min
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 1/4 of powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
Instructions
- Mix everything evenly in a bowl
- Form a log.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 40 minutes before using in any recipe that calls for almond paste.
- Store wrapped in parchment paper in a tightly covered container.
- This can be frozen for up to 2 months.
Notes
Tips for Making the Best Easy Homemade Almond Paste
- Add in cookies, cakes, and pastries.
- Refrigerate before using in recipes.
- Wrap homemade almond paste tightly and store in air-tight containers
- Only use almond extract, not imitation
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