Butter Mint Candies

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I remember as a child going over to my Great Aunts house and she always had a candy jar filled with these mints! My sisters and I would sneak into the living room and eat them all!

by beachn8tve·published 2009-12-14

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Servings

200

200 mints

Total time

24h 20m

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

14 kcal

Ingredients (5)

serves

1/2 cup salted butter, softenedbutter
1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dustingsugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream or 2 tablespoons milkmilk
1 teaspoon mint extractmint
red and green liquid food coloring

Instructions (5 steps)

01In large bowl, beat butter until creamy. With mixer on low, beat in sugar, cream and extract until creamy and smooth.
02Turn sugar mixture out onto a work surface lightly dusted with confectioners’ sugar; knead until smooth and satiny. Divide mixture into thirds: Tint one pastel pink (2 drops red color), one pastel green (2 drops green color) and leave remaining portion white. Cover each portion with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
03Line 2 baking sheets with nonstick foil. Lightly dust work surface with confectioners’ sugar. Working with one color at a time, roll out 1&#8260;4 cupfuls of the mint mixture, using your fingers, into a 1/2-in.-thick rope. Cut rope into 1/2- to 3/4-in. pillows. Transfer mints to prepared baking sheet with a spatula (be careful—mints are soft and will squish easily). Repeat with remaining mint mixture.
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Rich recipe — supports nutrition-aware planning.