Cream Cheese Mints
Deborah Harroun
Created Jun 6, 2012
Cap off a perfect dinner with your own homemade mints. This simple recipe blends cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar for a refreshing post-meal nibble.
Cream Cheese Mints
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Servings 96
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon mint or peppermint extract
- Red food color, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In food processor, place cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar. Cover; process, using on-and-off pulses, until mixture comes together into a ball. Add mint extract; process just until incorporated.
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Step2Place dough on work surface sprinkled with additional powdered sugar. Add a few drops food color to center of dough; knead until dough is evenly tinted. Roll dough into ropes; cut into small pieces. Roll each piece into a ball; place on waxed paper.
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Step3Flatten each ball with a fork. Let stand 2 hours or until dry.
Nutrition
20
Calories
0g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 20
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Potassium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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