Introduction: Butter Mints
My Hubby just came up stairs, with the words “What is that I smell?” My reply: “Butter mints”. Hubby: “Where are they?” Me (thinking to myself): {Do I want him to know? He will eat them all.} Out loud I say: “They are on the plate on the counter.” Good thing these are easy to make, because I am going to have to make other batch, soon. This is how to make your own.
Step 1:
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons of softened butter
1 ¾ cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk
¼ teaspoon mint flavoring, oil based is best (I chose wintergreen)
Food coloring (optional, I used green)
Supplies:
Food processor (with chopping blade)
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Parchment paper
Ruler
Pizza wheel
Ignore the icing tips, they were part of an experiment that failed.
Step 2:
Put the butter into thefood processor.
Step 3:
Pulse until the butter is spread all over the bottom.
Step 4:
Add the powdered sugar,
Step 5:
sweetened condensed milk, and mint flavoring.
Step 6:
Pulse until the ingredients all mix together and form a ball. Taste the mint mixture and decide if you want to add a little bit more flavoring (I didn’t).
Step 7:
This is the point where you add a few drops of food coloring. Pulse until the coloring is spread evenly though out the mint candy.
Step 8:
Spread out a piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle some powder sugar on the paper. Remove the mint candy and divide into 4 pretty even balls. Roll each ball into a ½ inch in diameter snake (around 12 inches long).
Step 9:
Use the pizza wheel to cut each piece of candy about ½ inch long.
Step 10:
You can go ahead and eat them right now. Usually (if I have any left) I let them set to dry for 8 - 10 hours. Once they are a little dry, they can be put in a jar or bowl without sticking to each other. Trouble is they don’t always last that long. Well, I hope you ENJOY!
First Prize in the
Butter Challenge