Christmas Peppermint Rosettes
Servings: 120 pieces
Calories: 26kcal
Friends and neighbours would love to receive a package of homemade Christmas Peppermint Rosettes; these make a lovely take-home goodie bag too! Play with the colours - red mints would be super festive too!
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 5 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 1 red gel food colouring
- 1 green gel food colouring
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl (use a deep bowl to keep the confectioner's sugar from flying all over your kitchen!) use a hand-held mixer to beat the cream cheese until smooth and lump-free.
- Beat in the peppermint extract.
- Add the confectioner's sugar one cup at a time. (You may need a little more depending the type of cream cheese you're using. Add 1/4 cup of confectioner's sugar at a time until the mixture resembles thick buttercream frosting.)
- Divide the mixture evenly into 3 bowls.
- Add red gel food colouring to one bowl until you have reached the desired red colour, stirring to completely incorporate the gel into the cream cheese mixture.
- Add green gel food colouring to another bowl until you have reached the desired green colour, stirring to completely incorporate the gel into the cream cheese mixture.
- Leave the third bowl as is.
- Add each colour to a separate piping bag fitted with a large star piping tip.
- Pip rosette shapes onto the prepared baking sheet(s), leaving 1/2 inch of space between each rosette.
- Set the baking sheet(s) aside and allow the rosettes to air dry. This will take at least 3 hours. The bigger the rosette, the longer it will take to fully dry.
- When fully dry, store in airtight container or package in cellophane bags for gift giving.
Nutrition
Calories: 26kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg