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Cornucopia

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Ingredients:
3 canSoft-breadstick dough
1 largeEgg, beaten with:
1 tbspWater
ASSORTED RAW VEGETABLES
Sugar snap peas, red and
Yellow cherry tomatoes
Baby carrots, baby squash
Cauliflower and broccli
Floretts.
Procedures:
1Preheat oven to 350 °F.
2Lightly spray a cookie sheet, at least 17"x 14", with non-stick cooking spray.
3Tear off a 30"x 18" sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil.
4Fold in ?to 18"x 15".
5Roll diagonally to form a hollow cone, about 18" long with a diameter of 5" at the widest end (cornucopia opening).
6Fasten end with clear tape.
7Stuff cone with crumpled regular foil until form is rigid.
8Bend tail of cone up then down at end.
9Spray outside of cone with non-stick cooking spray.
10Place on cookie sheet.
11Open and unroll first can of breadstick dough on work surface.
12Seperate breadsticks.
13Begin by wraping one breadstick around tip of cone.
14Brush end of next breadstick with glaze and press to attach to end of first breadstick.
15Continue spiral-wrapping cone, slightly overlapping dough until there are 3 breadsticks left.
16Pinch one end of the 3 breadsticks together, then braid.
17Brush bread around opening of cornucopia with glaze.
18Gently press on braid.
19Brush entire cornucopia with glaze.
20Bake 45 minutes in preheated oven or until bread is a rich brown.
21(if parts start to darken too much, cover them with poeces of foil).
22Remove from oven and let cool completely on cookie sheet on a wire rack.
23Carefully remove foil when cool.
24(if freezing, leave foil in bread for support.
25Remove when thawed).
26Fill cornucopia with the assorted raw vegetables directly on table and let them spill out of opening note-- to prevent this center-piece from absorbing atmospheric moisture, the baked cornucopia cone can be sprayed with shellac or clear enamel.
27If treated in this manner, the cornucopia will be inedible but can be preserved and re-used