Peppermint Creams

• Preparation time: 20 mins
• Cooling time: 1 hr

• Ingredients
  
  ½ lb (225g) Icing Sugar
  ½ an Egg White
  2 drops Peppermint Essence
  4 drops Green Food Colouring
  Melted Plain Chocolate

• Method
  
  
• Sieve the icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
• Beat the egg white in a small basin.
• Add the egg white, 1 teaspoon at a time to the icing sugar, until it is a pliable dough.
• Add the peppermint essence and mix.
• Divide the mixture into 2 and colour 1 half with the green food colouring.
• Turn onto a board, dusted with icing sugar.
• Roll out to about ¼ inch thick and cut out shapes.
• Cover the shapes in chocolate and leave to set.