Method:

• Place egg white in a bowl & beat lightly.

• Add the lemon juice.

• Slowly add the icing sugar, mixing until you have a dough consistency.

• Add peppermint essence & food colouring.

• Dust a work surface with a little icing sugar & roll out dough.

• Cut into shapes.

• Lay out to dry on sheets of baking paper.

Notes:

• After cutting out, but while the dough is still soft, you can add decorations to the sweets.

• Once dried, you can dip one half of the sweets in melted chocolate.