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Marzipan Filling
Preparation info
- Makes about
¾ cup
filling - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 2000
This easy almond paste and butter filling goes well with any plain cookies. The kirsch helps to reinforce the almond perfume, but it is strictly optional. Marzipan used as a candy or cookie filling is traditionally colored a pale green—perhaps this is because it is the color of the outside of a freshly picked almond.
Ingredients
4 ounces 4 tablespoons ½ stick
Method
- In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together on medium speed the almond paste and butter until soft and very light, about 5 minutes. Lower the mixer speed and beat in the confectioners’ sugar. Then raise the speed again and beat for another 2 or 3 minutes on medium speed. Beat in the kirsch, then stop the mixer and scrape down