Sunday, October 7, 2012

Something Pumpkin- Krispie Treats

I had a bunch of Rice Krispy cereal that I had planed to make treats out of. So when I started talking about making pumpkin EVERYTHING Lauren suggested using those and finding a pumpkin krispy treat recipe. So I did.. they came out tasting amazing, but I was not patient enough to let them cool, so if you make them, LET THE MIXTURE COOL. So here is the recipe...


Ingredients:
5 Tbs unsalted butter
16 oz package marshmallows
1/3 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp fresh (or dried) nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
7 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
1 cup choc chips (slightly optional, although I don't find them to be optional)


Step 1:
Brown the Butter
To do this... Put the butter in the pan, now wait.
It will bubble up, foam, and caramelize. 
It should take 5-10 min, and should end up a LIGHT brown color. If you wait too long it will burn.

Step 2:
Add the marshmallows and pumpkin puree
Mix until the marshmallows melt completely 


Step 3:
Once all the marshmallows dissolve add in the spices, salt, and vanilla.
Mix to combine. Now WAIT!


Step 4:
It will look like bellow
WAIT!
WAIT!
WAIT!
If you do not wait the cereal will get soggy, I know it will because mine did. And while I really like them, the texture is really hard to get past because it is not crispy at all. I would say wait 15-20 min, if it gets too cool, you can reheat it for a bit. But make sure you wait long enough


Step 5:
Add in the cereal and mix


Step 6:
BUTTER, not oil a 9x13 pan and pack in the treats


Step 7:
Let it cool for 6 hours
Melt the chocolate and spread on top:)


Step 8:
MMMMMMMM
YUM!

Something pumpkin A-Z

So I had this great idea... to make Lauren and I fat. The plan is to make something pumpkin from A-Z. I started on October 1st and it will continue until November 21st which is Thanksgiving day. This post will show what we made, and following blogs will have the recipes.

A- Apple Butter
B- Breakfast Casserole
C- Cream cheese bars
D- Dip
E- Eggless truffles
F- Frappe
G- Granola
H- Hot chocolate
I- Icing
J- Jack-o-lantern cookies
K- Kisses Cookies
L- Latte
M- Monkey bread
N- Nutella Swirled pumpkin Pie
O- Ooey Gooy Caramel Blondies
P- "pumpkin" bread
Q- Quaker oatmeal chocolate chip bars
R- Rice Krispie Treats
S- Smoothie
T- Tres Leches
U- Upside down pie
V- Vanilla Bean Cream Pie
W- Waffles
X- X-Ray cookies
Y- Frozen Yogurt (go to Menchies)
Z- Zebra Cakes