A little retro and a whole lot of fun, cream cheese mints are the perfect way to keep little hands busy during Easter dinner preparations.
Make up the dough, then let the kids play around with different flavors and colors. They can form mints in a variety of shapes. Consider lemon, peppermint, or orange cream mints. You even could do mocha mints with coffee and chocolate extracts.
Retro Cream Cheese Mints
Start to finish: 30 minutes, plus drying; Makes 7 dozen
8-ounce block cream cheese
2 pounds powdered sugar
Flavorings or extracts of your choice
Gel food coloring (optional)
Superfine sugar
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the cream cheese and about a quarter of the powdered sugar. Using the dough hook, begin mixing. As the mixture comes together, add the remaining powdered sugar, a quarter at a time, mixing well between each addition. The dough also can be mixed by hand; treat it as though you are kneading bread dough. The mixture will be stiff.