🫙 From the Spice Rack
peppermint mints
2 cups granulated sugar 1/8 pound butter 1/2 cup water 5 drops oil of peppermint (or any flavoring you'd rather use) Food coloring if desired Bring sugar and water...
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Ingredients
- 2cupgranulated sugar
- 1/8poundbutter
- 1/2cupwater
- 5drops oil of peppermint (or any flavoring you'd rather use)
Directions
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Peppermint Mints 2 cups granulated sugar 1/8 pound butter 1/2 cup water 5 drops oil of peppermint (or any flavoring you'd rather use) Food c
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Slightly reduce heat and continue to boil till syrup forms hard ball on candy thermometer (approximately 262 degrees F)
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DO NOT STIR
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Pour onto cold marble slab (or other hard, cold, non-porous surface) and add peppermint oil and coloring
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Butter your fingers and begin to pull before mixture cools
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Pull until crust begins to form - takes a bit of practice to tell
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Twist into rope and cut with scissors
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Allow to cool on slab