jalex

Prep: 30 min
Bake: About 45
Cost per Serving (without vegetables): $$5.92


Planning Tip: The Cornucopia can be baked up to 1 month ahead. Cool, wrap airtight and freeze. Serve the vegetables with purchased light dips so appetites remain hearty. You can also fill the Cornucopia with fruit and nuts in their shells for use as a centerpiece.

3 tube cans (11 oz each) refrigerated soft-breadstick dough

Glaze:
1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp water

3 Tbsp sesame seeds
Assorted raw vegetables and dips (purchased or homemade) for dipping

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat a baking sheet, at least 17 x 14 in., with nonstick spray.

2. To make form for Cornucopia: Tear off a 30 x 18-in. sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Fold in half to 18 x 15 in. Roll diagonally to form a hollow cone about 18 in. long with a diameter of 5 to 6 in. at wide end. Fasten end with tape. Stuff cone with crumpled regular foil until form is rigid. Bend tail of cone up, then down at end. Spray outside of cone with nonstick spray. Place on baking sheet.

3. Open and unroll 1 can of dough on work surface. Separate breadsticks. Begin by wrapping 1 breadstick around tip of cone. Brush end of next breadstick with Glaze; press to attach to first breadstick. Continue spiral-wrapping cone, slightly overlapping dough, until there are 6 breadsticks left.

4. Pinch 1 end of each of 3 breadsticks together, then braid, attaching remaining 3 breadsticks as in Step 3. Continue to braid. Brush bread around opening of Cornucopia with glaze. Gently press on braid. Brush entire Cornucopia with glaze. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

5. Bake 45 minutes or until bread is a rich brown. (If parts start to darken too much, cover them with foil.)

6. Remove from oven; let cool completely on baking sheet on a wire rack. Remove foil when cool. (If freezing, leave foil in bread for support. Remove when thawed.)

7. Fill Cornucopia directly on serving surface, letting contents spill out of opening.

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Kelsey1224

I love this...I'm going to try to make it!

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Kelsey1224

I know thanksgiving is over...but wanted to let people know that I made this as a centerpiece and it turned out perfectly!

Everyone who came over kept commenting "Martha Stewart does live here."

LOL. My niece - who works in a bakery - said that no one in her department could have done a better job!

It is a week old and the bread has gotten hard...but I don't want to throw it away.

Thanks Jalex!

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