Cream Cheese Mints

Ingredients

• 1 (3 oz package) cream cheese at room temperature
• 4 drops food coloring 
• 1 teaspoon flavoring extract
• 1 tablespoon milk
• for flavoring (mint-use green food coloring, lemon-yellow, strawberry-pink)
• 1 pound confectioners sugar

Method 

Stir all but the confectioners sugar together until well mixed; then mix all the sugar into the cream cheese mixture; kneading it with your hands. When completely mixed, roll into a large sausage like roll. Break off small amounts and roll into balls, about 1 inch in diameter. Place balls on waxed paper, and press flat with fork dipped in confectioner's sugar. Let dry until tops are just dry, then flip and dry out the underside. Store in airtight container

Yields: 80-90 mints

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