Instructions: To make the hard sauce, cream butter well. Add sugar gradually. Beat until very creamy. Add vanilla and mint syrup; blend well.

To make the mint flavored syrup, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Add mint leaves to syrup. Bruise leaves well by mashing with a spoon. Cover and let steep for 4 hours.

Remove leaves and strain syrup.

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