Kids Holiday Recipes

This holiday season, share some fun and laughter in the kitchen. Kids and adults alike will enjoy these fun food activities. 

Snowball Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter in large bowl. Add sugar, then cream until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Sift flour and salt; mix in to butter mixture. Stir in nuts. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees F. Roll in powdered sugar straight out of oven. Roll again when cool. Makes about 36 cookies.

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Holiday Wreaths

1/3 cup butter
1 10.5-oz. package of large marshmallows
6 cups cornflakes cereal
1 teaspoon green food coloring
1/4 cup cinnamon red hot candies

Melt margarine in a large pan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir constantly until marshmallows melt and mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring. Add corn flakes and stir until well coated. Drop mixture by 1/4 cupful onto cookie sheet. Using buttered fingers, quickly shape into individual wreaths. Dot with cinnamon candies. Let cool completely.

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Christmas Tree Appetizer

1 8-ounce block cream cheese
1/4 cup prepared pesto sauce
1 Tbsp. chopped red peppers
Cinnamon stick for garnish

Carefully remove the cream cheese from the foil wrapper. Cut it in half diagonally, turn the halves, and on a serving plate, press them together in a triangular shape to resemble a Christmas tree. Spread the pesto over the top of the cream cheese. Decorate with the chopped peppers. Insert the cinnamon stick at the base of the triangle for the trunk. If making ahead, store in the refrigerator, but remove 30 minutes before serving to soften the cream cheese. Serve with crackers.