{"id":1985,"date":"2017-12-27T22:34:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T03:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2017-12-27T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T03:34:56","slug":"peppermint-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=1985","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to make peppermint bark this year &#8230; so I&#8217;ve got a bunch of peppermint extract to use. Now I&#8217;m hunting peppermint recipes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Peppermint Bark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Equal amounts dark and white chocolate<br \/>\nPeppermint extract (~1\/2 teaspoon per pound of chocolates)<\/p>\n<p>Melt dark chocolate, mix in half of the peppermint extract, pour onto a lined baking tray and allow to set.<br \/>\nMelt white chocolate, mix in peppermint extract, pour onto dark chocolate. Sprinkle with crushed candy cane bits if desired. Score and allow to set.<br \/>\nBreak into pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Shamrock&#8221; Shake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 cups vanilla ice cream<br \/>\n1 3\/4 cups whole milk<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon peppermint extract<\/p>\n<p>Blend all together. You could add green food coloring or spinach to turn it green. Serve w. whipped cream &amp; cherry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peppermint Patties<\/strong><br \/>\n7.5 cups powdered sugar (34 oz)<br \/>\n1\/3 cup evaporated milk<br \/>\n1\/3 cup light corn syrup<br \/>\n3 T coconut oil<br \/>\n1 teaspoon peppermint extract<br \/>\n1.5 lbs chocolate, copped<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, beat together sugar, milk, corn syrup, coconut oil, and peppermint on a low speed. Shape the dough into two round circles, cover in plastic, refrigerate for an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Sprinkle powdered sugar on silicon rolling mat. Roll out to about 1\/4&#8243; thick and cut with ~2&#8243; cutter. Place cut pieces on baking sheet and freeze overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Using a fork, dip each patty into the chocolate then set on parchment lined baking sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to make peppermint bark this year &#8230; so I&#8217;ve got a bunch of peppermint extract to use. Now I&#8217;m hunting peppermint recipes! Chocolate Peppermint Bark Equal amounts dark and white chocolate Peppermint extract (~1\/2 teaspoon per pound of chocolates) Melt dark chocolate, mix in half of the peppermint extract, pour onto a lined &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[21,470,128,469],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-cooking-2","tag-desserts","tag-food","tag-peppermint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}