A beautiful, tasty holiday treat
for the eyes and tummy, too

One of the most popular
decorations seen during the
holiday season is a wreath,
which often is used to decorate
doors, windows, fireplace man-
tels, holiday tables and even au-
tomobiles.

Its use can be traced to the
Advent wreath of Lutheran ori-
gin, but its beauty has made it
extremely celebrated today.

Traditionally, a wreath is
made of flowers, leaves or ever-
greens, twisted together and
interlaced with ribbons and
candles to form a beautiful
ring. This year, it is time to cre-
ate a wreath that is a bit

unique. How about surprising .
“holiday guests with a mouth-
“watering wreath that they can.

eat?

A beautiful addition to any
holiday dessert table, the Dec-

orative Cookie Wreath, cour-
tesy.. of Creative. Cook’s

_ Kitchen, definitely brings the

‘spirit ¢ of the season to any holi-

day. gathering. This "tasty,
"Unique treat is sure to be en-

joyed by children and adults of

“all ages. It can be used as a ~
- table centerpiece or served as.
‘a. dessert, however, it also.

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Perhaps one of the best
ways to serve the cookie
wreath is by leaving it out on a

table with a huge glass of milk,
perfect for Santa and his merry

reindeer to enjoy!

Decorative
Cookie Wreath
Serves 8

You can use this cookie
wreath as the centerpiece of

your holiday oak table...

For the wreath ae
-2 cups all-purpose flour -

12 teaspoon baking powder

14 — teaspoon salt

12 cup (1stick) butter,.
softened

cup sugar

_largeegg

“tablespoon milk...

= teaspoon vanilla extract

For the ‘decorations
~ Green and white piping -
icing
of Small round red candies

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Special aids
3-inch leaf-shaped cookie
cutter

Making the Wreath |

1. Preheat. oven to 400 FE.

Grease a large baking sheet. In
a small bowl, combine flour,
baking powder and salt.

2. Ina large bowl, using an

electric mixer set on medium —

speed, cream butter and sugar

until light and fluffy. Beat in

egg, milk and vanilla until com-

‘bined. On low speed; gradually -

add flour. mixture. — until

blended. Beat’ on medium
“speed until dough forms a ball.
“Wrap dough in plastic wrap;

chill for at least a half-hour..

3. On a lightly floured sur-
face, using a lightly: floured
rolling pin, roll out half the

‘dough to a inch thickness. -
“Keep the other half of the
> dough in the refrigerator until.
a Feady to use.

“A..Using - a floured 3inch

; leak shaped. cookie cutter, cut”

‘out'shapes, rerolling scr aps. as

se needed.»
SDs Acrange the cookies on =
the: prepared baking sheet.

A tasty treat for holiday guests of ali ; ages, a decorative cookie wreath | is sure to
fiven up the holy dessert —_ : :

2 Overlap the leaf shapes slightly -

to forma \4-inch- diameter —
wreath.

» §, Bake wreath until dough.
a js firm but not browned, eight

to 10 minutes. Place baking

sheet.on a:wire rack; cool for’.

- five minutes. Carefully transfer. orm clusters of holly berries <

_on wreath; adhere candies with
a small amount 0: of white icing. :

completely.

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Decorating the

| Wreath —

1 Pipe ouiline of leaf shape

with green icing.

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Freehand wreaths — Shape

‘the dough into two rings, bake

and decorate with tiny marzi-
pan. cutouts, or “cover: with

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