Best 8 Christmas Wreaths Recipes

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows, and cook until melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in the food coloring, vanilla, and cornflakes.
• Quickly drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the mixture onto waxed paper, and form into a wreath shape with lightly greased fingers. Immediately decorate with red hot candies. Allow to cool to room temperature before removing from waxed paper, and storing in an airtight container.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream together the butter or margarine, confectioner's sugar, flour and peppermint extract. Mix well.
• Separate dough into two equal parts, put into separate bowls and tint with food-coloring. Roll dough into SMALL balls, approximately 1/2 tsp per cookie. Place six balls in a circle, alternating colors onto cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 minutes. NOTE: I guess you could omit peppermint flavoring or substitute it, but we like peppermint, so I have not tried variations or substitutions .

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.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Combine all filling ingredients in a bowl; cover and refrigerate until ready to use. For dough, combine warm milk, sugar, salt and yeast in a bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, shortening and 3 cups flour; mix until smooth. Add enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Punch dough down; divide in half. Roll each half into an 18x9-in. rectangle. Spread each with half of the filling. Starting at the long end, roll up tightly and seal edges. Place on a greased baking sheet, sealing ends together and forming ring. With a scissors, cut two-thirds of the way through the ring at 1-in. intervals. Carefully turn each section onto its side. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, 30-45 minutes. Bake at 350° for 25-20 minutes or until golden. Cool for 20 minutes. Beat confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Remove wreaths to platter; drizzle with icing while warm. Decorate with candied cherries if desired.

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 MORNING WREATHS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, 1 cup all-purpose flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Combine egg white and milk; add to flour mixture. Add yeast mixture; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a firm dough., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat the top. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into three equal portions. Roll each portion into an 18x12-in. rectangle. In a large bowl, combine the dates, pecans, brown sugar, raisins and cinnamon. Brush dough with butter; sprinkle with filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up tightly jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. , Place seam side down on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; pinch ends together to form a ring. With scissors, cut from outside edge two-thirds of the way toward center of ring at 1-in. intervals. Separate strips slightly; twist so filling shows. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 40 minutes., Bake at 350° for 18-23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over wreaths.

CORN FLAKE CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Put 1 inch of water in the bottom of a double boiler or medium-sized saucepan and bring to a bare simmer. Place the white chocolate in the top of the double boiler or in a stainless steel bowl set on top of the simmering water, making sure that the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Heat, whisking occasionally, until the chocolate is completely melted.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the food coloring. When the chocolate is a uniform green, stir in the corn flakes.
• Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the corn flake mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Using the handles of a wooden spoon, make a 1/2-inch hole in the center of each cookie, spreading the cookies to about 3 inches in diameter. Repeat with the remaining mounds, working quickly before the chocolate hardens. Apply 5 M&M's or cinnamon Red Hots to the wreaths while the chocolate is still sticky.
• Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator until the chocolate is completely cooled, about 30 minutes.

EDIBLE CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter on stove top, and add marshmallows
• 2. Add vanilla and food coloring until desired color.
• 3. Stir in corn flakes and remove from heat.
• 4. Butter hands and shape mixture into wreaths and place on wax paper. Place red hots for holly decoration. Make sure to work quickly or the mixture will set up.