Christmas Wreaths
Serves: 6
Carter Wolf
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
50
Spice
54
Sweetness
49
Sourness
38
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 tsp
Pure Vanilla Extract4 cups
Cornflakes (5 ounces)Directions:
1
Spray a medium saucepan with nonstick vegetable shortening or lightly grease it
2
Melt the butter over low heat
3
Add the marshmallows and melt them over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth (about 6 minutes)
4
Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the food coloring and vanilla extract until well blended
5
Stir in the cornflakes to coat them well
6
Keep the mixture warm by placing the saucepan in a large pot or skillet filled with 1 inch of very hot tap water
7
Replace the water as it cools
8
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
9
With lightly greased fingers, quickly form cornflake mounds into wreaths with holes in the centers
10
Immediately, while the wreaths are still sticky, decorate the wreaths with red-hots
11
When wreaths dry, they may be strung with nylon string or gold ribbons as tree ornaments
12
Spray a medium saucepan with nonstick vegetable shortening or lightly grease it
13
Melt the butter over low heat
14
Add the marshmallows and melt them over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth (about 6 minutes)
15
Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the food coloring and vanilla extract until well blended
16
Stir in the cornflakes to coat them well
17
Keep the mixture warm by placing the saucepan in a large pot or skillet filled with 1 inch of very hot tap water
18
Replace the water as it cools
19
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
20
With lightly greased fingers, quickly form cornflake mounds into wreaths with holes in the centers
21
Immediately, while the wreaths are still sticky, decorate the wreaths with red-hots
22
When wreaths dry, they may be strung with nylon string or gold ribbons as tree ornaments