Baked Tortilla Snowflakes

How about a warm treat, reminiscent of a cold type of weather? Combine a handful of ingredients and you've got edible art that's almost like eating those delicious pastry sticks.

But with these goodies.....(some surprising good news for a new year diet!) you have almost all the crunchy goodness with a fraction of the mixed fats! I don't know about others, but we love cinnamon pie crust sticks-you know, the ones you make with the leftover pie crust dough?

But the fat of pie crust dough with its lard, shortening, butter and margarine....sigh....it just isn't kind to the hips or waistline.

So here we discovered Tortilla Snowflakes! They're simple to make and delicious to munch.

Get some of the refrigerated and uncooked flour tortillas (we get ours from Costco), butter, cinnamon sugar mixture and/or powdered sugar to a baking sheet. Introduce everyone.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Fold tortilla into quarters (half then half again). Use kitchen shears to cut designs to create snowflakes. Place tortilla (and scraps if desired) on lined baking sheet. Brush with butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. (If using powdered sugar then just brush with butter and sprinkle on powdered sugar after they come out of the oven.) Have everyone talk about their hopes and dreams of bubbly sweet crunchiness before the tortillas enter the 375 degree F oven.

Bake your pieces of art for about 7-9 minutes or until they're browning on the edges. Remove from oven. (Now's the time to sprinkle on the white powdered sugar snow if you want the flocked effect.) Endeavor to let them cool for just a few seconds before the nibbling begins.

Much thanks to http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2009/10/tortilla-snowflakes.html