Burned Out

The storm came through last night . . . the power only flickered once. We still have standing water in our yard and about town, and I spent my morning dealing with the, once again, flooded office. Maintenance dude and roofing dude say they think they may have found the source of the leaks and flooding . . . but I've heard that before. In all, nothing much to be worried about, compared to others who still don't have power back in other parts of the country.

This weekend, I'm making mints for a wedding next weekend. I decided that 4 batches would work. I decided to cut my work and make them in double batches. Silly me . . . I've now burned out the motor in my very old mixer and don't quite know how I'm going to make the other two batches. But, in case you want to make them for an event of yours . . . here's a single batch recipe:

1 8oz block of cream cheese (you can use the lower fat stuff here . . . but avoid always the no fat stuff), room temp
2 lbs powdered sugar
Mint flavoring (I used 2-3 tsp of mint extract and 1/4 tsp mint oil in my double batch, but I have burned out my taste buds on altoids)
a few drops of food coloring if you like (this batch is pink)

Mix the cream cheese in your mixer, slowly adding the powdered sugar until it is all mixed. Add in flavoring and coloring . . .

I like to roll them out into ropes and cut them into pieces about the size of a knuckle. I've also rolled them out and chocolate dipped them before . . . but that's lots of work.

You can freeze the mixture until your event.