After Dinner Mints

7 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 unbeaten egg white
  • 1 Tbsp. cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 drops oil flavoring
  • food coloring
  • 1 box powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. (heaping) soft butter or shortening

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine egg white, cream, vanilla, oil flavoring and coloring. Stir well.
  2. 2
    Add sugar, all at once, mixing thoroughly.
  3. 3
    Add more cream, if needed.
  4. 4
    Add butter and more sugar if necessary to make mixture the consistency needed to roll into firm small balls. Arrange balls on waxed paper.
  5. 5
    Press each ball with tines of fork dipped into additional powdered sugar.
  6. 6
    Let stand overnight to form crust.
  7. 7
    Put mints into tins with waxed paper between each layer. Mints may be frozen and kept for several months.

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