Old-Time Penny Candy Buttons

Name: Old-Time Penny Candy Buttons
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 8 min
Ingredients: 2 12x16 pieces of parchment paper; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 4 ½ teaspoons meringue powder; ¼ cup water; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 drop pink, yellow, and blue food coloring paste, or as needed

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Total: 8 hours, 30 minutes

Servings: 10

Cost: $1.24 /serving

Author : SHORECOOK

Ingredients

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2 12x16 pieces of parchment paper2 cups confectioners' sugar4 ½ teaspoons meringue powder¼ cup water¼ teaspoon vanilla extract1 drop pink, yellow, and blue food coloring paste, or as needed

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Instructions

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Step 1

Cut 10 strips of parchment paper, 2-inches wide by 16-inches long.

Step 2

Sift confectioner's sugar and meringue powder together in a bowl; beat in water and vanilla extract until smooth.

Step 3

Divide sugar mixture evenly into three bowls; beat in small amounts of different food coloring paste into each bowl until desired color has been achieved.

Step 4

Place a #3 pastry tip into end of pastry bag; fill with one of the tinted sugar mixtures. Pipe buttons about the size of a penny onto parchment strips, 3 rows across. Repeat with remaining tinted sugar mixtures. Dry until buttons are hard, about 8 hours.