Peppermint Cream Mice
As a child, I remember making Peppermint Creams every Christmas with my Mum. We would mix up a batch of this no-cook deliciousness and then package up and share with friends and family keeping some for ourselves and hiding in little treat boxes to nibble on during the festive season. For this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids Theme of Ornaments and Featured Book Merry Christmas Mouse by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond, we’re showing you how to make Peppermint Cream Mice perfect for snacking on once you have read the book.
Merry Christmas Mouse
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Written by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond, Merry Christmas Mouse! is an Ornament themed counting book ideal for toddlers and young preschoolers, although the use of number words as well as digits would be great to work on number word recognition with older children as well!
Peppermint Cream Recipe
Peppermint Creams are normally circles, however, as we are reading Merry Christmas Mouse! this week and there is another classic British Christmas Sweet in Sugar Mice we’re making Peppermint Cream Mice. They are really easy to make, no cooking involved just make sure that you have as fresh as possible eggs but boy do they taste delicious.
Ingredients for Peppermint Creams
400g Icing Sugar
1 Drop of Lemon Juice
1/2 Teaspoon of Peppermint Extract
How to Make Peppermint Cream Mice
- Whisk up the egg white until it is frothy but still translucent.
- Add in 1 drop of Lemon Juice and mix.
- Sieve in the Icing Sugar.
- Add the 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract.
- Mix together.
- When it becomes too stiff to mix with a spoon knead with your hands.
- Turn out on a lightly dusted surface (with icing sugar).
- Roll out to around 2cm thick.
- Cut out Mice using a Mouse Shaped Cookie Cutter.
- Leave on a baking sheet to harden.
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This mouse cookie cutter we recently added to our cookie cutter collection as my daughter had had a princess birthday party and wanted some little mice cookies to go with the theme.
I love my Wooden Rolling Pin – it was the first kitchen purchase I brought as I was preparing to leave home at 18 and has been used regularly ever since. I also have a marble rolling pin which I use for pastry but it’s been a little heavy for my kids to use independently until recently.
For years I just had 1 sieve and I used to have to clean up the whole of the kitchen side after the kids had used it. So I replaced it recently with this set of 3 so that we could use the right sized sieve for the job.
My favourite scales to use with the kids are our Slater Digital Scales – we can use them in g, oz, ml or fl-oz which makes them ideal for making recipes that we find on the internet. Because the reading it digital it’s helped us work on number recognition every time we cook.
More Ornament and Merry Christmas Mouse! Themed Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
This week’s hosts and co-hosts for the Virtual Book Club for Kids are sharing some fun Christmas themed Activities, Crafts and Recipes ideal for Toddlers and Preschoolers to do together as you countdown to Christmas. Check out the ideas below and don’t forget to come and join us in the Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group.
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Solar System Ornaments from Teach Beside Me
Elf Station Ornament Color Sort from Sea of Knowledge
If You Give a Mouse Fingerprint Ornament for Kids from The Educators’ Spin On It
Ornaments to Color and Sew from Mama Smiles
Washi Tape Christmas Baubles from Clares Little Tots
Advent Countdown for Kids from J Daniel 4’s Mom
Spool Candy Cane Ornament from Toddler Approved
Peppermint Cream Mice
Ingredients
- 1 Large Egg White
- 400 g Icing Sugar
- 1 Drop of Lemon Juice
- ½ Teaspoon of Peppermint Extract
Instructions
- Whisk up the egg white until it is frothy but still translucent.
- Add in 1 drop of Lemon Juice and mix.
- Sieve in the Icing Sugar.
- Add the 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract.
- Mix together.
- When it becomes too stiff to mix with a spoon knead with your hands.
- Turn out on a lightly dusted surface (with icing sugar).
- Roll out to around 2cm thick.
- Cut out Mice using a Mouse Shaped Cookie Cutter.
- Leave on a baking sheet to harden.
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Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.