My Mom used to make these little candies for the holidays and it only took her a few minutes to whip up a batch to give as gifts. She would get a pretty red cookie tin and add some tissue paper and put these little creamy mints inside. Everyone loved them. Sometimes she would add food coloring to make them red and green or whatever color looked festive. Sometimes she would roll them in sugar or add little silver or red jimmies and other decorations. We loved them too!
Cream Cheese Mints
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
exactly 1/2 teaspoon peppermint or spearmint extract
3 cups powdered sugar
Beat the cream cheese with a mixer until smooth, add the extract and some of the powdered sugar and mix until combined well. Then add the remaining sugar and mix until well combined.
Shape into 1/2" balls and place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Press flat with a fork and then chill until ready to serve. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to two weeks or freeze for up to two months. WELCOME HOME/FACEBOOK
Cream Cheese Mints
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
exactly 1/2 teaspoon peppermint or spearmint extract
3 cups powdered sugar
Beat the cream cheese with a mixer until smooth, add the extract and some of the powdered sugar and mix until combined well. Then add the remaining sugar and mix until well combined.
Shape into 1/2" balls and place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Press flat with a fork and then chill until ready to serve. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to two weeks or freeze for up to two months. WELCOME HOME/FACEBOOK
OTHER IDEAS FROM COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK POST-
- Instead of doing the fork imprint make them like thumbprint cookies and put some melted chocolate in the center before refrigerating and they taste exactly like peppermint patties!
- Dip them in melted chocolate - pop in the fridge to set= York peppermint patty!
- Thanks for sharing your recipe. I have been making something similar. I use 1 package of cream cheese, 9 cups of powdered sugar and 1/4 - 1/2 tsp of mint extract. Mix together, roll out like a dough (about 1/4" thick and cut with quarter size biscuit cutter. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and place these all over the sheet. I do this in layers, freeze them overnight. Dip them in nice chocolate. These should be kept in the fridge. I usually freeze these and have delicious peppermint patties all year! They make a great gift as well. Makes a very large batch!
- I made them in raspberry flavor and dipped them in dark chocolate.
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