Cheeriochristmastrees Recipes

CHEESE CRISPIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine cheese, butter or margarine, flour, crispy rice cereal, salt, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and black pepper. Mix well and form small balls out of the dough (the dough will yield approximately 55 balls). Flatten each ball of dough with your fingertips until the dough is very thin and arrange the discs on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 minutes; or until the Cheese Crispies are golden and slightly brown around the edges. Enjoy!

CHEERIO CHRISTMAS TREES

Steps:

• Heat butter in 3-quart saucepan.
• Add marshmallows.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth.
• Remove from heat; stir in food color and vanilla.
• Fold in cereal until evenly coated.
• Quickly shape warm cereal mixture into Christmas tree shapes (about 2/3 cup per tree) on waxed paper, using buttered hands.
• Cut gumdrops into thins slice.
• Press gumdrop slices sticky side onto trees for "ornaments".

CHEERIOS CHRISTMAS TREES

Steps:

• Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
• Pour the cereal into a 4-quart bowl and set aside.
• Place the butter and marshmallows in a 3-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat.
• Stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored.
• Pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
• Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray.
• For each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of the cereal mixture into a Christmas tree shape on the cookie sheet.
• Press the candies into the trees to decorate. If using gumdrops, slice into the size of ornaments.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Store the trees in a loosely covered container.

CHEERIOS® CHRISTMAS TREES

Steps:

• Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
• Pour the cereal into a 4-quart bowl. Set the bowl aside.
• Place the butter and marshmallows in a 3-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
• Stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored. Pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
• Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of the cereal mixture into a Christmas tree shape on the cookie sheet.
• Press the candies into the trees to decorate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store the trees in a loosely covered container.

HOMEMADE COCKTAIL CHERRIES

Steps:

• Boil cherry juice and sugar over medium-high heat with vanilla bean and seeds until reduced by half, about 8 minutes. Stir in Luxardo and bay leaf.
• Pour mixture over cherries.
• Cool, seal, and refrigerate at least 1 week.