Cream Cheese Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. soft butter or margarine
2 lb. powdered sugar
few drops food coloring (red, yellow, green or as desired)
1/2 tsp. peppermint, wintergreen or lemon extract

Preparation

Combine cream cheese
and butter in heavy bottomed saucepan. Stir over low heat until soft, butter melted and thoroughly blended.
Add powdered sugar and stir until well combined.
Add your choice of food coloring and flavoring.
You may divide whole batch to make 2 to 3 choices.
Add extract to taste.
Roll into 1-inch balls.
Place on sheet of waxed paper.
Press with fork or stamp with decorative cookie stamp.
Let stand uncovered about 4 hours or overnight until mints are firm and outside is dry, but inside is moist and creamy.