I haven't made these in a few years, so I thought I'd make them this year. SO yummy.
Filling:
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp mint flavoring
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Mix all together. Form little patties (I make them about 1 inch size) and place on wax paper. I recommend refrigerating them for a bit. It will make it easier to cover them with chocolate.
Topping:
1 pkg choco chips (I use semi-sweet. Milk or dark would be good too)
1/3 bar of paraffin wax
Melt chocolate chips and wax in double boiler (I just do it directly over the stove on REALLY low heat and stir constantly so it doesn't burn).
Dip each mint and let cool/harden.
You can cheat and just pour the chocolate over each mint, but it won't cover the bottom that way and it will not be as pretty.
Enjoy.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Easy Roll Sugar Cookies
It's christmas time!! Time to start making all of those christmas candies and cookies!! I have tried a LOT of sugar cookie recipes and have finally found my favorite one! This one is quick and easy and you don't have to refrigerate the dough! I always hated that part. And cold dough is not easy to work with.
1 cup butter (soften to room temp)
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
Mix all ingredients together (I usually only need to use about 2 1/2 cups flour, not the full 3). Roll to 1/8 inch thickness.
I have learned to put parchment paper down, put a ball of dough on it, then put a piece of saran wrap on top of that. No more flour mess on the counter and dough sticking to the rolling pin. If only my mom knew this trick, we probably would've made sugar cookies a lot more (and we already made them quite a bit, we just had a HUGE mess to clean up!).
Cut out the shapes you want (after you remove the saran wrap), then remove the dough from between your cookie shapes. Then, slide the parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Cool, then frost.
We'll be frosting ours in the morning and I will share a frosting recipe and some pictures!
1 cup butter (soften to room temp)
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
Mix all ingredients together (I usually only need to use about 2 1/2 cups flour, not the full 3). Roll to 1/8 inch thickness.
I have learned to put parchment paper down, put a ball of dough on it, then put a piece of saran wrap on top of that. No more flour mess on the counter and dough sticking to the rolling pin. If only my mom knew this trick, we probably would've made sugar cookies a lot more (and we already made them quite a bit, we just had a HUGE mess to clean up!).
Cut out the shapes you want (after you remove the saran wrap), then remove the dough from between your cookie shapes. Then, slide the parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Cool, then frost.
We'll be frosting ours in the morning and I will share a frosting recipe and some pictures!
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