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Pastel Mints
Try out candy-making with our irresistible recipe for homemade pastel mints. Made with a handful of simple yet premium ingredients – butter, powdered sugar, egg whites, food coloring, and peppermint extract – these delightful treats offer a perfect balance of rich buttery goodness and refreshing peppermint.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1
In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter and powdered sugar. The dough will be powdery.
- Step 2
Mix in unbeaten egg whites.
- Step 3
Continue mixing until pliable and not sticky. Add more powdered sugar if necessary.
- Step 4
Add food coloring and peppermint extract and blend in.
- Step 5
Cover bowl tightly and refrigerate overnight.
- Step 6
Take the dough out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before you are ready to roll it out.
- Step 7
Take the dough out in small pieces and work it with your hands before rolling it into a large sheet.
- Step 8
Roll out on wax paper to ¼ inch thickness.
- Step 9
Make ridges by pressing the tines of a fork gently into the dough.
- Step 10
Cut with a 1-inch cookie cutter of your choice.
- Step 11
Lay out to set on waxed paper for a few hours.
- Step 12
Roll out leftover dough and continue cutting shapes until the dough is gone.
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