Cream Cheese Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. mint flavoring oil
food coloring

Preparation

Cut sugar into cream cheese with pastry blender.
Add a few drops of food coloring until desired shade is reached.
Knead until smooth.
Roll into logs and cut 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick or press into candy molds by pinching off a piece of dough and rolling into a ball.
Dip in granulated sugar and press into lightly greased rubber mold.
Level off with spatula, then twist mold to release mint.
Stack between sheets of wax paper and freeze for later use if desired.
Yield:
75 mints.