Hi! I'm not much of a baker, (I'm a great cook though!) so I'm hoping you guys will be able to help. I'm making gift baskets for friends this year, and want to include some homemade baked goods. I'm looking for recipes for treats that taste great, are easy to make (not a bazillion ingredients and complicated processes), and store and transport well (they're going into tin cans, and I have to travel with them). Desserts, cookies and candies are all welcome!
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How about Christmas Wreaths? It's the same way you make rice crispy treats (only you use corn flakes instead of rice crispies). Then you add a couple of drops of green food coloring in the butter (3 T) / marshmallows (1 package of big marshmallow, 10 oz or 1 package of miniature <-- I find this easier) mixture. Then you mix that mixture into the corn flakes one and stir, covering all the corn flakes with the melted green mixture. Then you grab a ball and make it into the shape of an "o" like a wreath and lay it flat on a waxed cookie sheet pan to cool. Then add 3 red hots in a cluster together on the warm wreath (add it while warm to get them to stick and stay). These are incredibly good and keep well (if in tupperware or wrapped up in cling wrap), plus they look like you worked really hard when all it takes is about 20 minutes. Directions: Melt about 3 T of butter in a sauce pan (preferably non stick) on low heat. Then add in the marshmallows a couple at a time. Melt by using a silicone flat spoon to stir the mixture. (I like to use the miniature marshmallows because they melt faster in less time, so you won't burn the mixture). When this is almost complete, add in 10 drops of green food coloring (this is for the festive part). Then fill a larger bowl with 6 cups of corn flakes. Pour the butter/marshmallow mixture over the corn flakes and keep constantly stirring to cover the entire mixture of corn flakes with the green butter/marshmallow mixture. Cover a cookie sheet pan with wax paper. Take a ball (about the size of your palm) and make the "O" shape, creating a wreath. Lay it flat down on the wax paper. Add 3 Red Hots (type of candy) in a cluster on the wreath, while it's still warm so they can stick and stay. Let cool. Time: 20 minutes. Expenses: $9, if you have butter. Batch makes about 10 wreaths (I believe!) and can keep for a couple of days if sealed in an airtight tupperware (probably a day or so if wrapped in cling wrap). Best of luck - what a great friend you are!!!
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