Peppermints and Fancy Mints

Ingredients

• Granulated sugar, 1 cup
• Confectioner's sugar, 4 heaping tablespoons
• Hot water, 4 tablespoons
• Essence of peppermint, 1 teaspoon

Method

1. 1

   Boil granulated sugar and water for 4 minutes, remove from fire and add confectioner's sugar and essence.

2. 2

   Stir till it begins to thicken then drop by teaspoons on waxed paper.

3. 3

   To make checkermints add 0.5 teaspoon of pink sugar to the granulated sugar before boiling and flavor with wintergreen.

4. 4

   To make chocolate mints add one square of unsweetened chocolate before boiling and flavor with vanilla.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PEPPERMINTS AND FANCY MINTS. Granulated sugar, 1 cup. Confectioner's sugar, 4 heaping tablespoons. Hot water, 4 tablespoons. Essence of peppermint, 1 tea- spoo

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