Great recipe for the holidays!!!
Pumpkin Mints Recipe
Yield: 40 Mints
Pumpkin Mint Ingredients:
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1/4 cup milk
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4 tsp. butter
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3 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
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2 drops oil of peppermint
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Green, red and yellow food colorings
How to make Pumpkin Mints:
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In a saucepan, heat the milk and butter, stirring frequently until the butter has melted.
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Remove from heat.
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Add the confectioner’s sugar and mix thoroughly.
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Mix in the oil of peppermint.
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As soon as it is cool enough to work with, knead with hands until fondant is smooth.
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Take about 1/6 of the fondant, add green food coloring. Knead to mix color evenly.
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Cover with a damp cheesecloth, to prevent drying.
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To the remaining fondant, add enough yellow and red food coloring to make it an orange pumpkin color. Cover with damp cheesecloth.
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Working with small amount of the orange-colored fondant at a time, roll into small balls in the palms of your hands.
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Using a toothpick, make grooves in the fondant ball, to resemble the “ribs” in a pumpkin.
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Roll a small piece of the green fondant in thin cylinders, and cut into short stem-like pieces.
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Press the “stem” onto the top of each pumpkin.