Holiday Corn Flake Wreaths

These are so fun and so easy.  A wonderful combination during a busy time of the year.  A friend shared a similar recipe on Facebook and said it was one of her favorites to make each year with her Mom.  Think rice crispy treats meet corn flakes.  Ta Da!

Let's Get Crafty!

Ingredients:

1 bag marshmallows 

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 teaspoon green food coloring

3 1/2 cups corn flakes

Red cinnamon candies or whatever you want to decorate them with

Melt the butter in the microwave on medium power

Stir in the marshmallows and microwave in 30 seconds intervals (stirring in between) until all are melted

Add food coloring and stir until evenly distributed

Gently fold in the corn flakes until the melted goodness evenly coats the cereal

Shape into wreaths and decorate (Tip: You'll want to decorate right away before the candies aren't able to stick as easy)

This made 10 wreaths

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have a great day and Happy New Year!

Christmas Tree Craft

This tiny little foot is a reminder of how fast time flies.  This is a craft using our Haley Bug's feet while I have the help of my oldest kiddo who now has feet larger than me.  Haley was super excited to put her feet in the paint.  So much fun!

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Peanut Butter Blossoms

These are so good and a big favorite among our kiddos.  These are the cookies of choice that we set out each year for Santa along with carrots for reindeer.  This year Emily brought home a little packet of Reindeer Food from school that she said we should put out on our lawn on Christmas Eve.  She was so excited about it.

This recipe can be easily doubled if you're making cookies for a cookie exchange or just want more.  One batch leaves a few extra kisses for snacking or excited kiddos to taste-test.

Let's Get Crafty!

Preheat oven to 375

Ingredients:

½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
Additional granulated sugar (holiday colored sanding sugar is great!)
About 36 chocolate kisses, unwrapped

In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder until dough forms.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional granulated sugar. On ungreased cookie sheets, place about 2 inches apart.  I really like baking them on our cookie stone.  They seem to come out perfect each time.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. (9 minutes seems to be the jackpot time for our oven.)  After pulling the cookies from the oven - Immediately push 1 milk chocolate candy in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack.

This is our Haley Bug pointing out what she wants on the counter  :)

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