Name: Peppermint Cream Drops
Ingredients: Fondant; 3 drops oil of peppermint (or ½ teaspoon Bee Brand Essence of Peppermint); Paraffin paper

Peppermint Cream Drops

Ingredients

Fondant
3 drops oil of peppermint (or ½ teaspoon Bee Brand Essence of Peppermint)
Paraffin paper

Directions

Melt the fondant as directed.
Add three drops of oil of peppermint (or ½ teaspoon Bee Brand Essence of Peppermint).
Drop the mixture from the tip of a spoon onto paraffin paper.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Fondant: Forms the sweet candy base that melts smoothly and sets firm as it cools.
Oil of peppermint: Adds the strong minty aroma and flavour that defines the drops.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.