PEPPERMINT CREAMS

Ingredients

Icing Sugar 220g
Condensed Milk 5 TBS or as needed
Peppermint extract ½ TSP
Green food colour 3 Drops
Mini cookie cutters (any shape) -
Icing Sugar (for sprinkling) 25g



Method

Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.
Gradually add the condensed milk and peppermint extract.
Use your hand to knead and the mixture should come together like dough.
Transfer the dough to a clean work surface and sprinkle little icing sugar and knead the dough for 5 minutes.
If you like to add any color, divide the dough in half and tint one half green using less of the food coloring.

Knead the dough until it is evenly green.
Shape the dough into a ball and push on it and press it onto the work surface, turning it round often until smooth.
Roll the dough out to a thickness of 4mm using rolling pin.
Stamp out the dough with your cookie cutter and arrange them on a sheet of baking parchment paper.
Leave to dry out overnight before packing into boxes.