Edible Snowflakes

We made edible snowflakes out of tortilla shells. It was really fun. Spencer liked cutting out the shell just like making a paper snowflake. We didn't have powdered sugar so we just made a cinnamon sugar mixture and put whipped cream on the top. Kathryn only liked the whipped cream!

Edible Snowflakes Recipe
Sherry Timberman, “Edible Snowflakes,” Friend, Dec. 2008, 36

fresh, thin flour tortillas
cooking oil
powdered sugar

1. Using the same technique as cutting out paper snowflakes, you can make snowflake shapes out of flour tortillas. Sprinkle the tortilla with water and warm it in the microwave or oven to make it more flexible. Then fold the tortilla in half, fold it in half again, and fold it in half a third time. Using clean scissors or kitchen shears, cut designs from both sides of the triangle-shaped, folded tortilla and along the rounded edge.
2. Unfold the tortilla. Put a small amount of oil in a pan and fry the tortilla until it is crisp. (we just put it on the griddle with a little butter)
3. Sprinkle it with powdered sugar.