Merry Christmas!
I’ve been home in Jersey hanging out with my mom for the past few days, enjoying lots of mother-daughter time. Last night we ate our Christmas Eve dinner out at Marea (which was delicious), so today we decided to stay in. As I was menu planning, I obviously had to incorporate some type of dessert. However, the apartment had no baking supplies! No flour, no measuring spoons, no measuring cups, no baking soda, etc. etc. The only thing I found was a disposable lasagna pan, which could be substituted for a baking pan. So I had to think of a dessert where I didn’t need any baking tools, and I came up with Rice Krispie treats – a very easy recipe that doesn’t even need to be baked. These Rice Krispie treats were extremely easy to make, and I added a little twist by adding some peanut butter. And the best part of it all was that we had a blast decorating these treats together!
The recipe starts with melting some butter in a large saucepan, and then dumping in a bag of marshmallows. Remember to continue stirring so it doesn’t burn!
Make sure the rice crispies cool and harden before cutting. It makes it easier to cut evenly. Although it’s always fun to sneak a few bites in while it’s warm and gooey!
We had some fun decorating by using makeshift pastry bags. All we did was put a few spoonfuls of cake frosting into ziploc bags and snipping off a corner of the bag. We just got vanilla cake frosting, and then added some red and green food coloring. My mom’s nickname for me is YaYa, so this is her decorated Rice Krispie treat. I decorated the ones below. This was my first time decorating any type of pastry. Not horrible, but hopefully practice will make perfect and I’ll get better with time!
Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 10 oz. package marshmallows (about 40)
1/2 cup peanut butter (I like Skippy Natural Creamy)
6 cup Rice Krispies cereal
Directions:
- In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
- Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in peanut butter.
- Add cereal and stir until evenly coated.
- Put mixture into a 13x9x2 baking pan coated with cooking spray and even press into pan.
- Cool and cut into desired shapes (typically 2 inch squares, or I cut mine into 4×2 rectangles)
Please tell me you saved some for me and there’s extra!! Bring them with you to NJ tomorrow!!