mints

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67 Pinches
Arlington, TX
Updated on Jan 12, 2012

One of my great aunts would always make these for baby and wedding showers.

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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cream
  • 5 dashes oil of peppermint
  • - food coloring as desired

How To Make mints

  • Step 1
    Cream butter.
  • Step 2
    Work salt and sugar into butter, adding the cream as needed.
  • Step 3
    Put in peppermint and coloring.
  • Step 4
    Dough should be workable but fairly stiff.
  • Step 5
    Add sugar to thicken or cream to thin.
  • Step 6
    Roll on surface dusted with powdered sugar and cut with a tiny aspic cutter or run through a pastry tube.
  • Step 7
    Store in a tin between layers of waxed paper. Makes about 200 mints the size of a quarter.

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Category: Candies
Keyword: #Candies
Keyword: #mints
Culture: American
Ingredient: Sugar

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