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Buttermint Twists Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
½ cup butter, softened
5¼ cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp. whipping cream
1 tsp. peppermint extract
2-3 drops red food coloring
1-2 drops green food coloring
Directions:
Directions:
Beat butter in a large bowl at low speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (1-2 minutes). Add powdered sugar, whipping cream and peppermint extract. Continue beating until mixture forms a soft dough (2-5 minutes),

Divide mixture into two separate bowls. Add red food color to one bowl. Continue beating until dough is pink (I to 2 minutes). Do the same thing with the green food color in the other bowl, until a light green.

Knead each tinted dough on surface lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar until smooth. (Keep dough covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying out). Roll 1 tbsp. of each tinted dough into 4" rope. Gently twist pick and green ropes together. Carefully continue rolling and twisting rope to a 10" rope. Cut diagonally into 1" pieces.

Place on waxed paper lined baking sheet. Let stand uncovered at room temperature until surface is dry (6-8 hours). Layer mints between sheets of waxed paper in airtight container. Refrigerate up to 1 month, store in freezer up to 2 months,

 

 

 

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