After Dinner Mints

A great refresher after a dinner.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Yields: 170 mints (roughly)

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup water
• 3 (1/4ounce) packages unflavored gelatin
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  peppermint extract
• 2  cups icing sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 4  cups icing sugar

Directions

1. pour water into a medium sauce pan. Sprinkle gelatin over top and let stand for 2 minutes. Heat and stir over medium heat till gelatin is desolved. Remove from heat.
2. Add flavoring.
3. Add 2 cups icing sugar and baking powder, mix well.
4. Add 4 cups icing sugar and kneed with hands till creamy. It may be sticky so keep dusting hands with icing sugar.
5. Divide into 4 portions, Keep portions not being worked with covered with plastic wrap.
6. Roll into long cigar shape about a half inch in diameter.
7. Cut into 1/2 inch pieces with scisors and place on wax-paper lined baking sheet in a single layer.
8. Repeat with other portions and let stand 1 hour to set.
9. Store in plastic bags.