Many people have strong opinions about mints, especially those of the wedding variety. But those who have either been on the fence or a little shy about them — you've never had a real, melt-in-your-mouth butter mint. Bonus: they're easily customizable for any party and a snap to make!
Amanda over at Bake It Pretty has been kind enough to share her recipe for butter mints. This time she pressed them gently into a small snowflake mold to make them festive for the season. The idea is simple: combine a few ingredients into a dough and press into a mold. That's it. There's no baking, no preheating, no candy thermometers — just mix, press and pop out!
The trick to having your mints come out perfect is to roll each small ball of dough in granulated sugar first so they easily pop back out. This recipe is great to have kids help you out with and can easily be adapted for any party you're having. You'll never go back to traditional wedding mints or those dry cakey things in a can again. These are a small bite of heaven and your guests will thank you for putting out a plate!
• Get the recipe: Step by step instructions for Snowflake Butter Mints at Bake it Pretty. Plus hear the story of how these minty bites are part of Amanda's family history!
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So it's basically just sweetened butter, flavored with mint? That kind of grosses me out. They probably taste delicious, but...just eating pats of butter? Really?
@cmcinnyc - what did you think butter icing was? The source gives only volume measurements, so I can't be certain, but it looks like these are essentally the same thing.
Its less butter than buttercream and people eat that everyday, cmcinnyc. Its just basically buttercream with a lot of extra powdered sugar so it forms a dough. Nothing weird about it.
Well, I wouldn't eat buttercream every day, but I see your point. I was thinking of these as a cookie, but they're more of an...after dinner mint, I think?
My grandmother passed down this same recipe to me and I've been making them for years! Christmas isn't complete in our family without them! You can flavor them with other extracts too, if you don't like mint (almond extract tends to work well and I've always been curious if vanilla would work). If you're going to add coloring to them, I'd recommend the gel food colors - the liquid stuff tends to make the dough too soft and you keep having to add sugar (which then dilutes the color).
i've made a very similar mint with cream cheese that is pretty amazing.
My great-grandma used to make a similar cream cheese mint for weddings, but she passed away last year. We are trying to recreate these for my sister's upcoming wedding, so this might be useful!
Yes, cream cheese mints! Can we get a recipe for that? I've had them at many, many weddings. So good. :)
Funny, I just called my mom over the phone to get her recipe for Cream Cheese Mints!
I wrote it down in chicken scratch (my messy shorthand), so I hope I decipher it correctly...
3oz cream cheese softened
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
3 cups powdered sugar, divided
granulated sugar for rolling (colored sugar if you'd like)
Mix together the cream cheese & extract.
Beat in 1.5 cups powdered sugar.
Knead in remaining powdered sugar.
Shape into 1/2 inch balls, roll in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, flatten with fork (like you would a peanut butter cookie), let stand for 1 hr, then store in refridgerator.
Hope that helps someone! I hope to make and blogs these!
these remind me of the russell stover rosebud mints, which my grandma used to keep on hand for her bridge group. i used to sneak those mints all the time, and russell stove sadly stopped making them.
I make cream cheese mints from my better homes and garden cookbook. It is the same as UptownGirl's recipe and they are yummy and addicting. I double or triple the peppermint extract depending on my mood. I like them really minty.
These remind me of an old episode of "According to Jim" where Jim and Andy were eating "Shame Sticks". A stick of butter on a popsicle stick, rolled in sugar...
I just made these yesterday. They are great. I hope everyone will love their presents.
I'm making these today, after a hellish search for a mold I liked, settled on roses, but probably won't use it.