OMG delicious, so delicious.
Today, my little sister and I did the bonding thing and cooked together! Every once in a while, we both get in a sweets-producing mood and make cupcakes or brownies or something, and this time it was a recipe I wanted to try--homemade peppermint patties! I liked how they turned out, softer than the York ones. They're almost like bigger Junior Mints. I HAVE to share the recipe with y'all.
Ingredients:
1 can of condensed milk
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon peppermint extract
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons shortening
Get your stand mixer out, first of all. I'm sure it's possible to do this with a spoon and some elbow grease, but goddamn I wouldn't want to. All that powdered sugar. x.x Combine two cups of the powdered sugar, the condensed milk, and the peppermint extract in the mixer bowl and mix them up with the paddle attachment, if you have one. Once that's combined, slowly add in the rest of the sugar. Don't be like me and add it while the thing's still going fast--I am not a clever girl. It did get a giggle out of my sister, though. I swear, eleven years old and she already has more common sense than her big sis. Anyway.
So once you've got delicious pepperminty dough, form it into discs--about an inch wide and a centimeter thick--and plop them on a cookie sheet. The dough will be sticky, so we thought of "flouring" our hands in more powdered sugar before each scoop. It worked pretty well! We put them on parchment paper, but they kinda stuck. We made them a bit too thin also, which is why I'm advising you all to make them a bit thicker. Ours started breaking. Anyway, chill them for an hour or so. I took the time to introduce the kiddo to Doctor Who--she loved it.
While they're chilling, make the chocolate coating. Take the chocolate chips and stick them in the microwave in a safe bowl for 30 seconds on half power, stir, and put them back in. Repeat til it's smooth, and then stir in the shortening. Coat the chilled patties in the chocolate, moving quickly because these suckers melt fast. Set them aside and allow them to harden, and enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 can of condensed milk
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon peppermint extract
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons shortening
Get your stand mixer out, first of all. I'm sure it's possible to do this with a spoon and some elbow grease, but goddamn I wouldn't want to. All that powdered sugar. x.x Combine two cups of the powdered sugar, the condensed milk, and the peppermint extract in the mixer bowl and mix them up with the paddle attachment, if you have one. Once that's combined, slowly add in the rest of the sugar. Don't be like me and add it while the thing's still going fast--I am not a clever girl. It did get a giggle out of my sister, though. I swear, eleven years old and she already has more common sense than her big sis. Anyway.
So once you've got delicious pepperminty dough, form it into discs--about an inch wide and a centimeter thick--and plop them on a cookie sheet. The dough will be sticky, so we thought of "flouring" our hands in more powdered sugar before each scoop. It worked pretty well! We put them on parchment paper, but they kinda stuck. We made them a bit too thin also, which is why I'm advising you all to make them a bit thicker. Ours started breaking. Anyway, chill them for an hour or so. I took the time to introduce the kiddo to Doctor Who--she loved it.
While they're chilling, make the chocolate coating. Take the chocolate chips and stick them in the microwave in a safe bowl for 30 seconds on half power, stir, and put them back in. Repeat til it's smooth, and then stir in the shortening. Coat the chilled patties in the chocolate, moving quickly because these suckers melt fast. Set them aside and allow them to harden, and enjoy!