PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE PLUS
PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE ZIP

Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, then increase the mixer speed to high and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Combine the milk and the vanilla and peppermint extracts in a small bowl set aside.īeat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl. Lightly butter three 8-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper butter the parchment and dust with flour, tapping out the excess. I also used washi tape, baker’s twine, and some little gingerbread ornaments I found at Michaels.Make the cake: Position racks in the middle and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. (Yay for chat books!) But I do love fun paper. Having a pad (or three) of scrapbook paper and some punches in my craft stash has been super helpful for things like this. I got my punches at Michaels 100 years ago, but this 3-pack of punches on Amazon is similar.

For these I just cut some rounds of paper with my hole punches. I’m not super creative when it comes to frou-frouing things.

PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE PLUS

Plus they’re cute.Īlso, if your scrub gets warm and separated, just use your finger and mix it back up. I especially like the short squatty half-pint jars because it’s easy to get all the scrub out when you’re using it. I like to store sugar scrub in mason jars because they’re easy to clean and reuse. I’d still add more molasses, though, to give it a more gingerbread-like scent. And then I realized that brown sugar is sugar + molasses and I could have just used that. Much of what’s in your pantry is fair game! I even used molasses in the gingerbread scrub. In the gingerbread scrub I used ground baking spices instead of ginger, cinnamon, and clove oils because the cinnamon and clove oils are super potent and can irritate the skin. Just be aware of the potency of certain essential oils. If you use my Revive link, you can get a $10 gift card on your first purchase! They’re high quality and don’t cost as much as the ones from the big MLMs. I’ve recently started buying Revive essential oils and like them a lot. I do have a lot of DoTERRA oils and one from a company called Youngevity. I’m not loyal to any particular oil company, FYI. What kind of essential oil should I use in sugar scrub? Sometimes I dip my finger in there and lick it.) I didn’t feel like the candy canes gave it enough peppermint scent (or flavor, if we’re being honest. You can use other types of sugar (or salt!) and oil in sugar scrub - I talk about it in more detail in my Homemade Brown Sugar Scrub post. Shoot for the consistency of shortening to get the best texture. You’ll want your coconut oil solid, but not super hard. My 4-year-old loved it.Īt this point, just add the sugar and coconut oil and blend it up again until it resembles wet sand. I don’t actually enjoy eating candy canes, so I find other ways to enjoy them.Īlso, when you’re blending candy canes, don’t forget to put the extra little plunger-thing into the lid so you don’t end up with candy smoke all over your kitchen.īreathing this stuff isn’t super pleasant either.īut it was rather ethereal and fun to watch - like dry ice. I love using actual candy canes in this scrub because it turns the scrub a pretty shade of pink and adds little flecks of white and red.

PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE ZIP

You could also put the candy canes in a zip top bag and whack them with a rolling pin. For this recipe I used 6 large (regular sized) candy canes.Ī food processor makes this first step easy.

Peppermint candy cane