I did it! I made a batch of MMF this afternoon. I have a 2 & 4y/o, so I can only do a little at a time. My plan is to bake some cookies tonight when they go to bed and then at naptime tomorrow roll the fondant anad place on cookies. I wrapped the fondant in saran wrap and it's sitting on my kitchen counter. My question is, how firm should it be. Because it's very firm. I think it will take alot of muscle to roll it out. Is this how it's supposed to be or should I pitch it and try again?
Don't pitch it! It's supposed to be firm. You soften it up by kneading it. If it's too hard to knead, give it 10 seconds or so in the microwave--repeat until you can begin kneading it. Be careful not to overheat though--you could burn yourself. Once you get it about the firmness of play dough, get out your rolling pin and go to work. Good luck and have fun!
since you are using it on cookies, knead a little bit at a time.
Before you knead it, pop it in the microwave for maybe 20 seconds at
#4 (level) to soften it. Dust your surface w/ a little bit of cornstarch so it won't stick. Did you color it ? Good luck, take pictures. 
It will take alot of kneading to get the color in. Be patient. I also have found that I like putting a little shortning on my hands to keep it from sticking. If the cornstarch makes your mmf too dry, try the shortning. I can't wait to see your cookies. 
I prefer shortening too. Cornstarch seems to absorb all the moisture from the MMF. Shortening works great--AND it softens your cuticles 
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Here's my finished product. I used the shortening as suggested and had no problems. I love working with it. I used Marta's sugar cookies for the first time and will return to no fail recipe. Do you like the polka-dots or plain bikini best? Also I would like to put sprinkles on the ice cream cones. How can I get them to stick?
Oh my gosh Sally--these are too cute! I LOVE the polka dot bikini. If you want to put sprinkles on them, brush the fondant lightly with vanilla or vodka (you want a liquid that will evaporate quickly) and add your sprinkles while still wet. Great job 
Thank you for asking these questions !! I made MMF last weekend and mine was very hard too. I used the full bag of 16oz sugar. I didn't know about the microwave trick. (( Thanks DeniseMarlaine )) I will try to work with it more this weekend. I tried to make the loops for the bows and it was really humid here this week and they didn't dry the right way I wanted them to.
I love your polka dot bikini's. Did you hand cut the cookies out or did you have a cookie cutter? They turned out adorable !!!
Sissy,
the cookies look great! I just recently discovered MMF also, I Love it! I used it to cover a 3 tier wedding cake.
One other little advice I wish to share is: You can save yourself alot of the hard keading the color in if you add the color to the marshmallows before you melt them, then as it liquifys,it is the color you want and then you add it to your mixer with the sugar when you are done you have the color you want without all the extra kneading.
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