Mints

Ingredients

• Little over % stick butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 6 drops oil of mint

Method

1. 1

   Put butter and water on and let boil, add sugar.

2. 2

   Cook until few drops tried in cold water will ring the cup.

3. 3

   Take off.

4. 4

   Pour on buttered marble slab.

5. 5

   As soon as slightly cool, pull with drops of mint until ready to be cut with scissors.

6. 6

   Drop on board or surface to be left to dry.

7. 7

   When dry can be stored in tins.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Wilson cook book (1941) by Woman's Society of Christian Service (Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.), page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mints Little over % stick butter 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 6 drops oil of mint

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