Saturday, February 23, 2008

Peppermint Patty

So, what is one supposed to do when their Friday night plans are canceled due to Mother Nature’s hissy fit (aka yet another snow storm)? Make peppermint patties of course! What made me decide on peppermint patties instead of oh I don’t know, cookies, is beyond me but I did so...take that Charlie Brown.

Sorry.
Actually, the ingredients list was short which meant I had everything in house already to go. 

So, want to know what 2 cups powdered sugar, 1.5 tbsp butter, heavy cream, a lot of peppermint extract and very little vanilla extract (close call side story: almost used maple extract by accident. Ick!) looks like?



Yummy? Not. Ick? Yes.

Ok, now do you want to know what chilled peppermint patty dough looks like rolled out and flattened?



Look, complete with hand prints!

Moving on.

Melting pot.



The recipe called for vegetable shortening to be melted in with the chocolate but that sounded pretty nasty so I used butter instead. Butter in the form of margarine. Same thing right?! (j/k)

Dipped!

After letting them “chill” for an hour I tried one.

Ick!

My homemade peppermint patties were gritty, bitter and...just gross.  The rest are in the trash. What a waste of a Friday night.