Christmas Wreaths Recipes

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Spray a medium saucepan with nonstick vegetable shortening or lightly grease it.
• Melt the butter over low heat.
• Add the marshmallows and melt them over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth (about 6 minutes). Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the food coloring and vanilla extract until well blended. Stir in the cornflakes to coat them well. Keep the mixture warm by placing the saucepan in a large pot or skillet filled with 1 inch of very hot tap water. Replace the water as it cools.
• Working quickly so the mixture does not harden, use the 2 spoons, or lightly greased fingers, to drop small (1 heaping tablespoon) mounds of the cornflake mixture onto the wax paper. With lightly greased fingers, quickly form cornflake mounds into wreaths with holes in the centers. Immediately, while the wreaths are still sticky, decorate the wreaths with red-hots.
• When wreaths dry, they may be strung with nylon string or gold ribbons as tree ornaments.

NO-BAKE CHRISTMAS WREATH TREATS

Steps:

• Place marshmallows and butter in a microwave-safe bowl; microwave, uncovered, on high until butter is melted and marshmallows are puffed, about 45 seconds. Tint with green food coloring. Stir in cornflakes. , On a waxed paper-lined baking sheet, divide mixture into 8 portions. With buttered hands, working quickly, shape each portion into a 3-in. wreath. Decorate immediately with M&M's, pressing to adhere. Let stand until set.

CHRISTMAS BREAD WREATH

Steps:

• Grease cookie sheet. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the cheese onto flat surface. Roll bread dough in cheese into 24-inch rope. Place on cookie sheet, forming circle; pinch ends to seal.
• Snip dough 16 times from the outer edge of the circle at about 1 1/2-inch intervals, cutting two-thirds of the way through, using kitchen scissors. Lift and turn every other section of dough toward the center of the circle pinching ends, so the dough resembles branches if desired.
• Cover and let rise in warm place 1 to 2 hours or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)
• Heat oven to 350°F. Mix oil and garlic; brush over dough. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons cheese. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.

CORNFLAKE WREATHS

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and cook, stirring, until melted. Add the green food coloring and stir until evenly distributed. Remove from the heat, add the cornflakes and stir until well coated.
• Spray your hands with nonstick spray as needed during this step to ease in the shaping of the wreaths. Take 1/3 cup of the mixture and form an even log. Join the ends of the log together to form a wreath. Place the wreath onto one of the prepared baking sheets. Continue with the remaining cornflake mixture.
• Decorate each wreath with 3 small cinnamon candies. Let sit to firm before serving.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• In a double boiler, melt margarine with vanilla and green food coloring.
• Add marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth.
• Add corn flakes.
• Remove from heat.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons onto waxed paper and form into wreaths.
• Add 3 cinnamon candies to represent berries on poinsettas.
• Cool and enjoy!

CHRISTMAS WREATH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a tube pan with 2 layers of brown paper or parchment, and grease well.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix in raisins, dates, cherries, pineapple, walnuts, and coconut. Stir until all fruit is coated.
• In another large bowl, cream the butter with the white sugar. Add lemon rind, lemon juice, and eggs; mix well. Stir in fruit mixture. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 2 hours or until a tester comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Melt butter and marshmallows.
• Add vanilla and coloring.
• Add cornflakes.
• Stir until the cornflakes are all completely coated.
• Drop on wax paper.
• Add three red hots to each cookie.
• Let dry at least a day.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Melt butter over low heat.
• Add marshmallows and melt them over low heat.
• Stir the marshmallows constantly until smooth.
• Remove from heat and add food coloring and vanilla.
• Mix in cornflakes.
• Keep the mixture warm by placing the saucepan in a large pot or skillet filled with 1 inch with hot water; replace water as it cools.
• Working quickly so mixture does not harden, use 2 spoons, or lightly greased fingers to drop small mounds of cornflake mixture onto wax paper.
• With lightly greased fingers, quickly form cornflake mixture in wreaths with holes in the center.
• Immediately, decorate wreaths with red hots.
• When wreaths dry you can string them on nylond string or gold ribbons for tree decorations or you can eat them!

PIGS IN A BLANKET CHRISTMAS WREATH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Unroll crescent roll dough on a clean work surface and brush generously with Dijon mustard. Cut each crescent roll triangle into 3 triangular pieces. Place a sausage at the thick end of one of the crescent roll strips and roll up, ending at the narrow end. Repeat until you have used all dough and made 24 pigs in a blanket. Reserve remaining sausages for another use.
• Arrange pigs in a blanket in a circular shape on a round pizza pan, with rolls gently touching.
• Bake in the preheated oven until dough is golden brown and puffed up, 15 to 18 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes before carefully transferring the wreath onto a round serving tray. If the sections come apart during the transfer, just recreate the circle shape as best as you can.
• Arrange rosemary sprigs around the outside of the wreath and place ketchup in a small bowl in the middle.