Slimming World extra easy syns: 1.5 per portion
Serves: 40
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ideal with coffee after dinner, or as a special homemade gift.
- 1 - Egg white
- 450 gms - Icing Sugar, keep 50 gms for rolling out
- 1 tsp - Lemon Juice
- 5 drops - Peppermint oil or essence
- 50 gms - Chocolate, melted
- 1 - Food Colouring or Glitter
- In a large bowl, lightly beat the egg white. Add the lemon juice and gradually add the icing sugar, mixing, until you have a smooth, firm dough.
- Add the peppermint flavouring or oil to the dough and mix together.
- Divide into 2 and add a little pink colour to one and green to the other, if using.
- Knead until the colour is even. Wrap in cling film if you're not using the dough immediately.
- Dust a work surface with a little icing sugar. Using a dusted rolling pin, roll the mixture out to approx the thickness of a pound coin, and use cutters to cut out shapes or letters.
- Leave to dry on a large, lined baking tray for 1-2 hours.
- Decorate by dipping in chocolate or spray edible glitter
Friday the 2nd of December, 2011 11:39 AM
