Christmas Wreaths

Christmas Wreaths

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
45 min
18 servings
112 kcal / serving

Christmas wreath cookies made with cornflakes and decorated with cinnamon candies are fun holiday treats! Get your kids to help decorate them!

Ingredients

  • ½ cupbutter
  • 30 largemarshmallows
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsgreen food coloring
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 4 cupscornflakes cereal
  • 2 tablespoonscinnamon red hot candies

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather ingredients.

  2. 2

    Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows, and cook stirring constantly, until melted.

  3. 3

    Remove from the heat, stir in food coloring and vanilla, then stir in cornflakes.

  4. 4

    Set out one or two sheets of waxed paper. Fill a skillet with 1 inch of very hot water. Place the saucepan into the skillet so cookie dough stays warm.

  5. 5

    Quickly drop a heaping tablespoonful of cookie dough onto the waxed paper, and use lightly greased fingers to form it into a wreath shape. Immediately decorate cookie with red hot candies. Repeat to shape and decorate remaining cookies.

  6. 6

    Allow cookies to cool to room temperature before removing from waxed paper, about 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container.