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"Tess" > wrote:
> Okay, I've been dreading this for years, because I've never had any
> success finding a recipe. This year I have to make some, and I hope
> that somebody recognises what I'm looking for.
>
> When I was a little girl, my mother was friends with a neighbour
> lady. Every Christmas mother would give her a bottle of wine, and the
> lady would give us a box of the best homemade mints I've ever had in
> my life.
>
> They were about as big as a quarter, and she made them in pastel
> colours, pink and green and yellow. She must have used a mould, and
> the green ones were shaped like leaves, and the yellow and pink ones
> were rosettes. The were soft and creamy, and had been sprinkled with
> sparkly sugar.
>
> I'd love to make some for my folks, ( and us, too! ), but I've never
> known what they were called. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm
> also no whiz at candy, but I don't think these are going to be all
> that hard. ( so to speak ).
> Help? ( Mrs. Armstrong, are you out there? )
>
> Thanks much!
>
> - Tess
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Cream cheese
powdered sugar
food color
flavor (spearmint oil; peppermint oil)
Work some cocoa powder in there and the chocolate mint is pretty fine!
Lessee if I can find the amounts. . . .OK, here you go
* Exported from MasterCook Mac *
Cream Cheese Mints
Recipe By : Posted to rec.food.cooking by Barb Schaller 11-21-04
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Candy
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 oz. cream cheese
1/4 tsp. flavoring
1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
Food coloring as desired
Mash cheese and add flavor and color; mix in sugar, kneading with hands
until about like pie dough. Roll in balls the size of marbles, place
one side in sugar then press sugar side into mold. Unmold at once onto
waxed paper. Make 23 roses and 23 leaves. For chocolate mints, add 3
tsp. cocoa and 1/2 tsp. vanilla.
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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 976 Calories; 20g Fat (18%
calories from fat); 4g Protein; 200g Carbohydrate; 62mg Cholesterol;
170mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 1/2 Fat; 13 1/2 Other Carbohydrates
NOTES : (Molds are available at a cake decorating supply store or
perhaps a craft store like Michaelšs.)
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