Buttercream Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon mint extract or 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
4 cups powdered sugar
food coloring (optional)

Preparation

Put butter, whipping cream, and salt into a pot and heat almost to a simmer, stirring often.
Turn off burner.
Add 3/4 tsp mint or peppermint extract and stir.
At this point, you can also add the food coloring if you like, and also stir.
Add 4 cups powdered sugar.
Stir, then knead until smooth.
Take small pieces and roll like a rope.
Cut into bite-size pieces with clean pair of scissors.