Peppermint Patties

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon peppermint extract
• 6 cups powdered sugar
• 24 -32 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 4 -6 tablespoons shortening

Recipe

• 1 combine the sweetened condensed milk and peppermint extract.
• 2 slowly add the powdered sugar and beat.
• 3 knead on a surface sprinkled with more sugar until dough is stiff.
• 4 (the stiffer the better when it come to the dipping part!) add more sugar while kneading if the dough is sticky.
• 5 roll 1/4 inch thick.
• 6 cut into approximately 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch circles. if they are much bigger than that they fall apart when you dip them.
• 7 my girlfriend said she uses a screw-off wine bottle cap!
• 8 let the cut patties dry for at least 2 hours on *each* side. they need to be really dry.
• 9 melt chocolate & shortening it a double boiler; stirring constantly until smooth. using 1 tbls of shortening for every 6 oz. of chocolate. keep chocolate hot for dipping.
• 10 dip patties in melted chocolate. the method my friend has found to work best: she places them on a long 3-tined fork, puts them in the chocolate (it should be no more than 1 1/2 inches deep), flips them over to coat the other side, lifts them out again with the fork underneath the patty, shakes the fork to shake off the excess chocolate & then places the patty on waxed paper to harden.