Cream Cheese Mints

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Ingredients

  • 1 3 oz pack of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
  • food colouring (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Line baking sheets with waxed paper and dust with icing sugar

Beat cream cheese and peppermint extract (if adding food colouring, do so now)

Using a 1/2 tsp measuring spoon, form into balls the size of a cherry

Place 2 rows of dough balls 1/2 inch apart then flatten with a pretty stamp or fork

Lay out a couple of rows first so by the time you have reached the third row, the tops are dry enough that you can flatten without having to re-dip in icing sugar.