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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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These easy treats won first prize at our last cookie exchange for prettiest and best tasting cookie! They're fun to make, and your kids will like trimming them with red-hot candy ornaments. Ingredients:
36 large marshmallows |
1/2 cup butter, cubed |
1 to 2 teaspoons green food coloring |
1 teaspoon almond extract |
4 cups cornflakes |
red-hot candies |
12 tootsie roll midgees, cut in half, optional |
Directions:
1. In a heavy saucepan, combine the marshmallows, butter, food coloring and almond extract; cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat; gently stir in cornflakes until well coated. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper.
2. Using a 3-in. Christmas tree cookie cutter, shape into trees. Add red-hots for ornaments. Press a Tootsie Roll half into the base for tree trunk if desired. Yield: about 2 dozen.
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