Buttermint Twists

  1. Place butter in bowl.
  2. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
  3. Add powdered sugar, whipping cream and peppermint extract.
  4. Continue beating 2-5 minutes or until mixture forms a soft dough.
  5. Divide dough in half.
  6. Beat red food color into one-half of dough.
  7. Continue beating until dough is pink.
  8. Beat green food color into other half of dough; beat until dough is light green.
  9. Place dough, 1 color at a time, on surface lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar; knead until smooth.
  10. Cover with plastic food wrap to prevent drying out.
  11. Roll 1 tablespoon of each tinted dough into 4-inch rope.
  12. Gently twist green and pink ropes together.
  13. Carefully continue rolling and twisting rope to a 10-inch rope.
  14. Add more powdered sugar when rolling, if necessary.
  15. Cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces.
  16. Place twists onto waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
  17. Repeat with remaining dough.
  18. Let mints stand uncovered at room temperature 6-8 hours or until surface is dry.
  19. To store, layer mints between sheets of waxed paper into container with tight-fitting lid.
  20. Refrigerate up to 1 month.
  21. For longer storage, store in freezer up to 2 months.
  22. Variations: Snowmen: Omit food color.
  23. Roll dough into 3/4 to 1 1/4-inch balls.
  24. Stack 3 different sized balls together.
  25. Decorate as desired.
  26. Cut-Outs: Tint dough as desired.
  27. Roll out on surface lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar to 1/4-inch thickness.
  28. Cut with 1-inch cookie or canape cutters.
  29. Candy Molds: Tint dough as desired.
  30. Press into soft rubber candy molds; refrigerate 3-5 minutes.
  31. Release.
  32. Candy Canes: Tint dough as desired.
  33. Roll 1 tablespoon of each tinted dough into 4-inch rope.
  34. Gently twist ropes together.
  35. Shape twisted rope into candy cane.
  36. Marbled Mints: Tint dough as desired.
  37. Press together 1/2 teaspoon of each dough.
  38. Shape into rectangular, square or round candy shapes.

butter, powdered sugar, peppermint, color, color

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/596/buttermint-twists (may not work)

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