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By Dawn Hall, author of the Busy People’s Cookbook Series

This wreath would make a lovely centerpiece for your special breakfast table. It has the sweet nutty flavor of a breakfast bar.
 
3 egg whites
1 cup Splenda Granular
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
20  drops green liquid food coloring
4 ½ cups unsweetened whole-grain cereal flakes*
48 cinnamon candies
 
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spray 1 large cookie sheet with nonfat cooking spray.

In a large glass bowl with an electric mixer beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
Slowly add the Splenda, vanilla, and green food coloring.

Gently stir in the cereal.

Spray your hands with nonfat cooking spray. Place the cereal mixture on the cookie sheet and form it into a wreath 10 inches across, making the wreath 2 1/2-inches-wide all the way around.

Place the cinnamon candies on the wreath in groups of three to look like holly berries.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Cool while on the cookie sheet.

Place on a cake plate, add a red ribbon bow, and press into the wreath with a wire. When you are ready to serve, cut the wreath into twenty pieces.
 
*Note: I tested this recipe twice, each time using a different cereal. The cereals I used were Honey Bunches of Oats and then Whole-Grain Total. Our favorite was the Honey Bunches of Oats.
 
Yield: 20 servings
 
Calories: 44 (0% fat)
Total Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Carbohydrate: 10g
Dietary Fiber: 1g
Protein: 1g
Sodium: 66mg
Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch
 
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes

Dawn Hall is the author of the award winning Busy People’s Cookbook Series including the just released title: Busy People’s Super Simple Menus Cookbook, (137 healthy, home-style-meals made in 30-minutes or less); Slow Cooker Cookbook, Low-Carb Cookbook, Diabetic Cookbook, Christmas Cookbook, Low-Fat Cookbook, Busy People’s Down Home Cooking Without the Down Home Fat Cookbook and 7 Simple Steps to a Healthier You.  Her books are currently available at all fine bookstores and on the internet.  She is also a popular inspirational speaker full of energy, insight and clever ideas. Her website is: www.Dawnhallcookbooks.com