Title: Marcepan
 Categories: Candy, Polish, Holiday, Usenet
      Yield: 2 Pounds
 
      1 lb Almonds (blanched),
           -finely ground
      1 lb Sugar, powdered
           -(confectioner's sugar)
           Food colouring
      2 T  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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