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Peppermint Creams

A confection made by melting fondant, flavoring with peppermint oil, and dropping onto oiled paper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Peppermint Creams

Ingredients

Directions

Make the creams

  1. Melt fondant over hot water.

  2. Flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint.

  3. Drop from the tip of a spoon onto oiled paper.

Make wintergreen variation

  1. For wintergreen drops, substitute wintergreen for oil of peppermint and color with vegetable coloring.

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
Sugar base that melts smooth and then sets into a soft, creamy confection.
Oil of peppermint
Provides the characteristic mint flavor that defines the confection.

“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.

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