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HOLIDAY WREATHS



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With this recipe, you can make wreaths using cornflakes. They're fun to make and eat. Get the kids involved and make an afternoon of it!

Provided by blairbunny

Categories     Desserts     Cookies

Time 30m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 5

⅓ cup butter
1 (10.5 ounce) package large marshmallows
6 cups cornflakes cereal
1 teaspoon green food coloring
¼ cup cinnamon red hot candies

Steps:

  • Melt margarine in a large pan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir constantly until marshmallows melt and mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring. Add corn flakes and stir until well coated.
  • Drop mixture, by 1/4 cupful, onto cookie sheet. Using buttered fingers, quickly shape into individual wreaths. Dot with cinnamon candies

Nutrition Facts : Calories 143.4 calories, Carbohydrate 27.4 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 119.1 mg, Sugar 13.8 g

HOLIDAY WREATHS WITH CHERRIES SPRITZ COOKIES FOR COOKIE PRESS



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Every holiday season I always make several different of batches of spritz cookies, but this variation is my favorite. The kids always help make the cookies and is becoming a tradition in our home. Prep time includes chill time and cooking time assumes 15 minutes per dozen

Provided by ARathkamp

Categories     Dessert

Time 5h

Yield 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
3 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, pure not imitation
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 dozen red maraschino cherries
1/4 cup decorator sugar, green color (or enough to coat cookies)

Steps:

  • With an electric mixer (can be done by hand, but it's a lot of work!), cream butter & cream cheese until light.
  • Add the granulated sugar to butter blend and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract.
  • In a separate large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt).
  • Gradually blend in flour with creamed butter mixture.
  • Chill dough for minimum 4 hours.
  • After dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Add chilled dough to cookie press, use wreath shaping disc.
  • Press cookies onto lightly greased cookie sheet or baking stone (baking stone recommended).
  • Sprinkle green decorator sugar (granulated) over cookies.
  • Add 1 cherry in middle of each wreath.
  • Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until slightly browned. Do not over bake
  • Let cool on wire cooling rack before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 972.2, Fat 48.1, SaturatedFat 29.8, Cholesterol 170.9, Sodium 637.1, Carbohydrate 123.9, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 63.1, Protein 12.2

HOLIDAY SPRITZ WREATHS



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At only 37 calories each, you can indulge your urge to eat more than one of these delightful cookies from our Test Kitchen.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield about 5 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/3 cup sugar blend
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons canola oil
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
6 drops green food coloring
1/4 cup holiday sprinkles

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat the sugar blend, butter and oil until well blended. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, allspice and baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well. Beat in food coloring. , Using a cookie press fitted with a wreath-shaped disk, press dough 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with holiday sprinkles. , Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 37 calories, Fat 2g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 25mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

HOLIDAY WREATHS



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Categories     Cookies     Christmas     Low Fat     Kid-Friendly     Quick & Easy

Yield 16 wreaths

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/3 cup butter
1 10-ounce package marshmallows
1 teaspoon green food coloring
6 cups corn flakes
Red cinnamon candies

Steps:

  • Melt margarine in the microwave in a large bowl covered with waxed paper. Add marshmallows and cook until syrupy, stirring several times (about 3 minutes). Add food coloring and stir until well blended. Add corn flakes, stirring until well coated. Using buttered fingers, shape approximately 1/4 cup of the mixture into wreath shapes (quickly), decorating with the cinnamon candies. Dry on wax paper.

HOLIDAY WREATHS



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These are an old family favorite. I have been making these at Christmas since I was a little girl, and they are still a family favorite.

Provided by Smile1968

Categories     Candy

Time 20m

Yield 15-20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 cup margarine
40 regular marshmallows
1 teaspoon green food coloring
6 cups corn flakes
red cinnamon candies (red hots will work)

Steps:

  • Melt margarine. Add marshmallows and cook stirring until marshmallows melt and mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat. Stir in coloring. Add Cereal. Stir until well coated. While still warm, make into wreaths.
  • Put cinnamon candy on top of wreaths.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 153.9, Fat 6.2, SaturatedFat 1.3, Sodium 166.8, Carbohydrate 25, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 11.9, Protein 1.1

HOLIDAY WREATHS



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Number Of Ingredients 6

1/3 cup margarine or butter
1 (10-ounce) package regular marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon green food coloring
6 cups Kellogg's® corn flakes or Kellogg's® frosted corn flakes
red cinnamon candy
prepared vanilla white frosting

Steps:

  • 1. Melt margrine in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring.2. Add KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES cereal. Stir until well coated3. Portion warm cereal mixture evenly by using a 1/4 cup dry measure coated with cooking spray. Using sprayed fingers, quickly shape into individual wreaths. Dot with cinnamon candies, using prepared frosting to hold candies in place. Store in single layer in airtight container. NOTE: Use fresh marshmallows for best results. Children should be supervised. Green paste food coloring makes the best color for wreathsMICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Microwave margarine and marshmallows at HIGH 2 minutes in microwave-safe bowl. Stir to combine. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute longer. Stir until smooth, then add food coloring. Follow steps 2 and 3 above.TO MAKE ONE LARGE WREATH: Press warm cereal mixture in 5 1/2-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray or shape in ring on serving plate. Remove from mold and dot with red candies. Slice to serve.

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