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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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The perfect sweet end to a meal. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Cooking time is approximate Ingredients:
3 cups confectioners' sugar |
1 cup water, boiling |
12 drops peppermint oil or 12 drops wintergreen oil |
Directions:
1. Boil sugar and water to 238F or until a small amount forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.
2. Add peppermint, remove from stove and beat until it thickens.
3. Drop from a spoon in thin patties on buttered wax paper.
4. If wintergreen is used, tint with red or green food coloring.
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