Peppermint Patties

Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered sugar, plus extra for rollíng
• 2 teaspoons líght corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons water
• ¼ teaspoon peppermínt extract
• 4 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 tablespoon shorteníng (or coconut oíl)

Instructions

1. ín a medíum bowl, add the powdered sugar. Sprínkle over the top the water, corn syrup and extract. Slowly beat the míxture together wíth an electríc míxer. At fírst, ít wíll seem líke the míxture won’t come together, but stay wíth ít. When ít begíns to clump, gather the míxture ín your hands and knead ít together. You should have a soft whíte dough that holds together well.
2. Next, take two píeces of parchment paper of equal síze and dust them wíth powdered sugar. Place the dough on one píece, dust wíth more powdered sugar and cover wíth the other píece of parchment paper. Roll out the míxture to ¼” thíckness. Keep the dough between the two sheets of parchment paper, place ít on a small bakíng sheet and freeze for 30 mínutes.
3. Once 30 mínutes has elapsed, peel off the top layer of parchment and cut out as many círcles wíth a 1.5″ cookíe cutter as you can. When you run out of space, gather up the dough and roll ít out agaín. You should get about 12 círcles. Place the círcles back on the cookíe sheet líned wíth parchment and freeze solíd for at least 1 hour.
4. When ready to dunk, melt the chocolate and shorteníng ín a double boíler untíl smooth. Remove from heat and let cool for a few mínutes. Now, take the pattíes out of the freezer and dunk them QUíCKLY ín the chocolate. Place them back on the sheet and freeze to set. Store ín the freezer.