Mackies Cream Cheese Mints Recipes

Steps:

• Mixture will be dry.
• Mix ingredients in a bowl (best if use dough hooks on your mixer).
• Remove from bowl and knead.
• You may add food coloring if you desire.
• Roll in small balls and then roll the balls in granulated sugar.
• Press into molds or slightly flatten balls.
• Remove from mold.
• Lay on wax paper to dry at least overnight.
• Turn over and dry on other side.
• Usually dry 24 hrs on each side.
• If keeping longer than a couple of weeks, they need to be frozen.

Steps:

• In medium bowl, cream together confectioners' sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Divide into three sections and mix peppermint extract and green food coloring into the first, butter flavored extract and 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring into the second, and lemon extract and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring into the third.
• Roll each section out onto a flat surface and cut with small cookie cutters, or press into candy molds. Allow individual mints to air dry for 2 hours. Then refrigerate or freeze until serving.

Steps:

• In medium bowl, cream together confectioners' sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Divide into three sections and mix peppermint extract and green food coloring into the first, butter flavored extract and 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring into the second, and lemon extract and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring into the third.
• Roll each section out onto a flat surface and cut with small cookie cutters, or press into candy molds. Allow individual mints to air dry for 2 hours. Then refrigerate or freeze until serving.

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese with extract.
• Slowly add powdered sugar.
• If it gets too heavy, knead in remaining sugar.
• Mold or form into logs, roll in sugar. Slice into minty good coins. Be sure to sugar the sliced ends.
• I refrigerate the logs and slice as needed.
• OR wrap the log in pretty way and give as a gift with instruction to slice as needed.
• The logs freeze well.
• Enjoy.