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