Mints - Altoid Style
"Little mints that resemble Altoid size candies."
- Ready In:
- 48hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
10 pkgs
ingredients
- 453.59 g gum paste (from candy section of craft store)
- 0.97-1.3 ml essential oils, peppermint (food grade)
- 1.23 ml red food coloring (or sub paste or gel food coloring)
- 59.14 ml powdered sugar
directions
- Open bag of gum paste & add the peppermint (or other flavor of your choosing).
- Close bag & knead until well incorporated.
- Remove 1/2 of gum paste (cover & set aside).
- Add food coloring to paste left in bag & knead to incorporate.
- - From this point, you may want to wear some kitchen gloves (you know - thin, food handling type, so you don't end up with red hands. You may also want to work on parchment or a cutting board to keep your counter from possibly staining :) -.
- Remove red paste from bag, finish kneading color in, if necessary.
- Working fairly quickly, to avoid the candy drying out (you can use the powdered sugar to dust the surface you're working on).
- Split red & white pastes in half & roll in to 4 long, thin ropes.
- Place 4 ropes together & roll into one rope approximately 1/2 inch in diameter.
- With a very sharp knife cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
- If they squish a little, due to cutting, just press back in to round.
- Toss in a 9 x 13 baking pan and air dry for 48 hours.
- Package in little cellophane bags or little tins (washed), etc, from the craft store.
- NOTE - Cooking time is drying time.
- From Cheeky Kitchen 2011.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DH of 32 years & I are (most of the time) empty nesters, with 2 DD & 2 DS (ages 29, 27, & twins 23). Have lived in the Sioux Falls, SD area since 1984.
As the oldest daughter of a working mom, having to get supper started was the beginning of my love of cooking. Learning & experimenting with what to "throw in" is half the fun, and anyone who says they can't cook is really saying they don't have the patience or interest (IMHO)! ;-) Using fresh produce from the garden is absolutely my favorite thing to do - winter in South Dakota can get loooong with "cardboard" produce from the grocer. Having grown up in the service, we were exposed to lots of different cultural foods. With a mom who also loved to cook, variety & trying new foods was a true treat!
DD (grrrl genius) joined RecipeZaar at the same time I did, and she'd like me to get *all* my recipes uploaded and use the site, rather than my sending paper copies. We'll see how quickly I accomplish that !
