Get Creative: Peppermint Creams

Tuesday 14th November 2017

Ingredients

• 75g Icing Sugar (sifted)
• 38g Carnation condensed milk
• Peppermint extract/flavouring (2/3 drops to taste)
• 20g plain chocolate (optional to decorate)

Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Rolling pin
• Wooden spoon
• Shaped cutters or knife

Instructions

1. Mix the icing sugar, milk and peppermint extract together until it forms a smooth dough. If the mixture is too dry add a little more condensed milk. If too wet add a little more icing sugar.
2. Dust your work surface with icing sugar and roll the dough out to ¼” thick.
3. Cut into approx. 1” circles, squares, stars etc. using cutters or a knife.
4. Leave in a cool place to dry for an hour.
5. Once dry, you could add chocolate, by drizzling or half dunk them in melted chocolate. Allow to dry for a few minutes.