The Best Homemade Peppermint Patties #christmas

The peppermint dough for the filling is wonderfully smooth to paintings with and when you have a spare fork and butter knife handy, the dipping is a breeze, too.

I kept these refrigerated, because the recipe states, and even though it makes a bazillion, after gifting some to nether elements of our neighborhood, we had no trouble devouring the relaxation.

Chocolate-dipped homemade mint patties, with crushed candy canes on pinnacle, and one patty in the center with a chunk taken out

Ingredients:

• 7 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin or refined coconut oil
• 1/4 teaspoon food-grade peppermint essential oil or 1 teaspoon peppermint extract (see note)
• 1 1/2 pounds bittersweet or semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
• Crushed peppermint candies for sprinkling, optional

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat collectively the sugar, milk, corn syrup, coconut oil and peppermint on low speed until mixed. shape the dough into  round circles, cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Sprinkle a liberal quantity of powdered sugar on a clean countertop or on a chunk of parchment paper. Unwrap one disk of dough and region it on the counter or parchment. Sprinkle the pinnacle with powdered sugar, too. Roll the peppermint patty dough to approximately 1/4-inch thick and reduce into rounds with approximately a 1 7/8-inch or similar-sized cutter.
3. Reroll the scraps till all of the dough is used. Repeat with 2nd disk of dough. vicinity the rounds on a parchment-coated baking sheet and freeze until company, approximately half-hour or overnight.
4. melt the chocolate (i exploit the microwave on 50% energy and prepare dinner for 1-minute increments, stirring in among; I melt until it's far typically melted but there are nonetheless some small lumps of chocolate – I stir these in till absolutely melted. this can assist to keep away from blooming at the set chocolate.)
5. the usage of a fork, dip the frozen patty rounds one-by-one into the chocolate. tap the deal with of the fork on the side of the bowl to drizzle off the extra chocolate, scrape the lowest of the fork on the edge of the bowl and gently region the dipped patties on parchment-lined baking sheets the use of a butter knife to softly slide the patty off the fork if wished.
6. Sprinkle the dipped patties with overwhelmed mints, if the usage of. let the chocolate set, approximately an hour. shop patties within the refrigerator.

NOTES:

• The recipe calls for both food-grade peppermint vital oil or mint extract. In both case, you’ll want to add extra of either if wanted – so flavor the filling earlier than rolling, cutting and dipping. I used about 1/four teaspoon peppermint oil to begin with however ended up including some greater drops for a stronger peppermint taste. I haven’t attempted this yet but I suppose it would be simply delightful to feature a hint of peppermint to the chocolate, too.

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