Peppermint creams

These sugary mint sweets are easy to make at home and make great edible Christmas gifts.

Serves: Makes 40 sweets

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooling time: 4 hours or overnight

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Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Tip the icing sugar into a large bowl. Measure out 4 tablespoons of cold water and add it to the mixing bowl along with a few drops of the peppermint flavouring.
Mix together with a wooden spoon, and then with your hands, until you’re left with a firm, smooth mixture. Break the mixture in half.
Add a little red food colouring to one piece and leave the other one white (or you might like to make a different colour, such as green). Dust a little icing sugar over your work surface, then knead each, until the colour is even.
Sprinkle some more icing sugar over a rolling pin then roll each piece out until they are a little thicker than a pound coin.
Cut out as many shapes as you can using small Christmas-themed biscuit cutters. Lift the shapes off the work surface using a spatula or palette knife, and move them to the baking sheet.
Decorate with icing and sweets as you like. Leave to dry for at least 4 hours, or overnight.

Cook's tip: Decorate plain gift boxes with glitter and sparkly stickers then line with tissue paper, ready for the sweets.