The Cleanest Way I Know to Make Fondant

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Making icing and fondant is an extremely messy job.  It is impossible to have a spotless kitchen after a job like that but there are a few tricks I have come up with to minimize the mess when making fondant.

• Work in a large bowl so you can keep the sugar off the counter.  As you can see in the picture above, I kept the fondant in the bowl until the very end.  I only kneed my dough on the counter when I do not want to add anymore sugar.
• Before you even touch the fondant, rub vegetable shortening on your hands.  By making them greasy, the fondant will not stick to you...AT ALL!  If it does then you need more shortening.
• If you have an electric mixer, you can use your dough hook to make the fondant.  Just be careful to mix extremely slowly in the beginning otherwise, you will have a bigger mess then you can imagine.
• If you decide to use the mixer then grease the bowl first.  Cleanup will go much faster.

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