New Year's Dessert - Magical Pine Cones — a childhood Christmas miracle! Cooking with festive spirit

Hi friends! Today, we're diving into a fairy tale and making not just a dessert, but a real New Year's table decoration — edible pine cones! Making this dessert is super easy: minimal ingredients, zero baking, and the result delights both kids and adults. Perfect for culinary creativity with the family!

What you'll need:

· Cookies (any kind you like) — 400 g
· Condensed milk — 380 g
· Cocoa powder — 3 tablespoons (for a deep chocolate color)
· Butter — 50 g (melted, for pliability)
· Chocolate cereal flakes (or corn sticks, fine sprinkles) — for the "scales"
· Powdered sugar — for snowy frost.

How we create the magic:

1. The Base: Crush the cookies into fine crumbs. Important: not into flour, so there's some texture.
2. The Dough: In a bowl, combine the crumbs, cocoa, and condensed milk. Pour in the warm melted butter. Knead into a thick, pliable "dough" that's easy to shape.
3. Shaping: Pinch off pieces and form them into neat cone-shaped blanks for the pine cones.
4. The Magic Transformation: Decorate the finished cones starting from the top with chocolate flakes, inserting them at an angle like real scales. This is the most creative step!
5. The Final Touch: Lightly "dust" the cones with powdered sugar through a sieve, as if they've just come from a winter forest.

Tip: Let the cones chill in the refrigerator for a while so they "set," making them easier to transfer to a plate.

Be sure to try it!

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