INGREDIENTS
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About 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
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3 1/2 envelopes (2 tablespoons plus 2 1/2 teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
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1 cup cold water, divided
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2 cups granulated sugar (cane sugar worked just fine)
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1/2 cup light corn syrup
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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2 large egg whites or reconstituted powdered egg whites
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1 tablespoon vanilla (alternately: 1/2 of a scraped vanilla bean, 2 teaspoons almond or mint extract or maybe even some food coloring for tinting)