Mint Snowballs

**Admin** Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:23 am

Mint Snowballs

Yield 4-4 1/2 dozen

1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp peppermint flavoring
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt

Cream sugar, shortening, butter, and extract thoroughly. Measure flour
WITHOUT sifting into wax paper, add salt and blend well. Now add dry
ingredients to creamed mixture. Mix well. Form into one inch balls,
place on cookie sheet and cook in 400F oven 8-10 minutes. Cool on
rack. Dip tops in icing, pink and green, then in coconut.