Mints
By
Diane Turner
@mcdlttx
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One of my great aunts would always make these for baby and wedding showers.
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Ingredients
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4 Tbspbutter, room temperature
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1/8 tspsalt
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1 lbpowdered sugar
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3 Tbspcream
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5 dash(es)oil of peppermint
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·food coloring as desired
How to Make Mints
- Cream butter.
- Work salt and sugar into butter, adding the cream as needed.
- Put in peppermint and coloring.
- Dough should be workable but fairly stiff.
- Add sugar to thicken or cream to thin.
- Roll on surface dusted with powdered sugar and cut with a tiny aspic cutter or run through a pastry tube.
- Store in a tin between layers of waxed paper. Makes about 200 mints the size of a quarter.
