Recipe: Jello Marzipan Fruits

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Jello Marzipan Fruits
From: The New Joys of Jello (1973)

1-3/4 cups (about) Baker's Cookie Coconut
1 package (3 oz.) Jell-O Gelatin, any flavor
1 cup ground blanched almonds
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1-1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract

Combine all ingredients and mix until well blended. Shape into small fruits or vegetables by hand, or use small candy molds. If desired, use food coloring to paint details on fruit; add whole cloves or citron or angelica for stems and blossom ends. Chill until dry; then store at room temperature in covered container.

Makes about 3 cups or 36 confections.

Flavors for various fruits and vegetables are: strawberry flavor gelatin for strawberries; lemon flavor gelatin for grapefruit, bananas, lemon, Bartlett pears; Concord grape flavor gelatin for grapes; lime flavor gelatin for green apples, leaves, stems, limes; orange flavor gelatin for carrots, pumpkins, tangerines, oranges; cherry or black cherry flavor gelatin for cherries.