Cream Mints

Melt fondant over hot water, flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint, wintergreen, clove, cinnamon, or orange, and color if desired.

Melt fondant over hot water, flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint, wintergreen, clove, cinnamon, or orange, and color if desired. Drop from tip of spoon on oiled paper. Confectioners use rubber moulds for shaping cream mints; but these are expensive for home use, unless one is to make mints in large quantities.

Ingredients

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  • fondant
  • oil of peppermint, wintergreen, clove, cinnamon, or orange (a few drops)

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Required Gear

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Double boiler for melting fondant over hot water

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Melt fondant over hot water, flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint, wintergreen, clove, cinnamon, or orange, and color if desired.

  2. 2

    Drop from tip of spoon on oiled paper.

  3. 3

    Confectioners use rubber moulds for shaping cream mints; but these are expensive for home use, unless one is to make mints in large quantities.

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Recipe by fannie-farmer from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book , Chapter 33 (1896)