Sweet Liberty Fruit Wreath Recipe

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Whether you craft it for a patriotic picnic or an everyday summer celebration, this colorful table topper will appetizingly round out the occasion. People positively eat it up! Our crafty kitchen experts first came up with the idea after spotting a plain foam wreath form. Rather than embellish it with dried flowers or ribbons, they decided to try fresh fruit instead. The process turned out to be so simple and so fast that they had time to add a savory centerpiece center—which doubles as a creamy dipping sauce. The final touch is a cinch, too. You simply top the sauce with strawberry stars you slice using mini cookie cutters.

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Sweet Liberty Fruit Wreath Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Yield: 10 Servings

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Ingredients

WREATH:
12 inch flat-back Styrofoam wreath
15 inch platter
Lemon leaves, rose leaves or leaf lettuce
Small star cookie cutter
1/2 pint of blueberries
3 to 4 pints strawberries
15 large marshmallows
DIP:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
1 tablespoon milk

Directions

Wreath: Place Styrofoam wreath on the platter. Line top of wreath with leaves, overlapping to cover entire top and securing with picks.
Trim a thin slice from top and bottom of marshmallows to create two sticky surfaces. Arrange in five groups of three each around wreath, placing a sticky side down against leaves to hold marshmallows in place. Press a few blueberries on sticky top surface of each marshmallow.
Arrange strawberries, stem side down, around wreath until wreath is full. To attach strawberries, poke a pick into wreath, then push berry down on top of pick.
Sprinkle additional blueberries over the entire wreath to fill in large gaps.
Spoon fruit dip (recipe follows) into a small serving bowl, making sure bowl fits into center of wreath first.
If desired, cut additional strawberries into star shapes with cookie cutter to garnish dip. Serve immediately, or place damp paper towels over fruit and wreath and cover the entire platter with plastic wrap. Store in the refrigerator up to 4 hours.
Dip: In a bowl, combine all ingredients: beat until well blended and smooth. Yield: 1-1/2 cups.

Crafter thoughts: —Feel free to arrange the fruit the same way we did (see photo) or in any kind of pattern you prefer. —To secure the strawberries, you don't need to use whole toothpicks. Half a pick poked into the wreath form and used as a fruit skewer works just fine.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 215 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 25 mg cholesterol, 91 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Sweet Liberty Fruit Wreath in Country Woman July/August 1996