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Afterdinner Mints

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Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. 1 tb Cream
  2. 1 Powdered sugar; 16-oz
  3. 1 Egg white
  4. 3 dr Peppermint oil
  5. 1 1/2 ts Butter or shortening; soft
  6. 1 ts Vanilla extract
  7. Food coloring

Method

  1. Good to make ahead and have ready for the holidays. Combine egg white, cream, vanilla, peppermint oil and desired food coloring. Stir very well. Add box of powdered sugar all at once; mix thoroughly. Work in the butter, adding more sugar if needed to make a firm consistency. Shape into small balls. Arrange balls on waxed paper; press each ball with tines of fork dipped in powdered sugar or cornstarch. Let stand overnight to form a crust, then pack in tins with waxed paper between each layer.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill These may be frozen and kept for several months.. Saved from RecipeSource (SOAR) (http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/candy/04/rec0462.html), file Recipes/www.recipesource.com/desserts/candy/04/rec0462.html in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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