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This may not be the most exciting recipe, but it’s what I made today and I was pretty happy with the results. In an effort to use up what was left of a giant box of Special K and a bag of marshmallows I’d bought for no particular reason, I substituted Special K for the [...]
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I was craving Scotcheroos last week, so I went to H.E.B., gathered most of the ingredients, then discovered that the store was completely out of Nestle butterscotch morsels. After being helped by a friendly employee who was sympathetic towards my predicament and offered several substitution ideas even though she’d never tasted Scotcheroos, I put all [...]
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Our family is going to a Kentucky Derby party and I was asked to bring something for the kids. Bourbon was out, anything with mint seemed iffy, so I decided to use Todd’s suggestion of making something with oats “in honor of the horses”. Then I changed my mind completely and just made Rice Krispies [...]
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Whether it’s a bake sale, class party or pot luck, one thing you can count on is that Rice Krispie treats will disappear. The fact that they’re inexpensive and easy to make is a bonus, but there are a few things to remember.
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If you’re looking for a last minute New Year’s Eve treat, this might be just the ticket. The recipe is from my friend David Harap, a successful executive recruiter by day, who by night becomes culinary instructor extraordinaire! Along with teaching classes at Central Market, David hosts an underground supper club called Austin Bites and [...]
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My favorite Rice Krispie Treat recipe is adapted from an old brand name recipes cookbook. About 3 years ago I posted it with the title Marshmallow Treats from the ‘80s . In hindsight, that wasn’t a very good name since the key to the recipe is the phrase “…melt the butter completely until it just [...]
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Yesterday, while on a mad de-cluttering spree, I decided to part with a bunch of old cooking magazines. Just as I was about to throw away an issue of Cooks’ Country, I saw this recipe and remembered why I’d kept it. It was the issue where they’d tried to improve the classic rice krispy treat [...]
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Scotcheroos are one of my all-time favorite cookies, so you’d think I wouldn’t forget their name. But that’s exactly what happened this weekend when I got an email from my friend Janet with a recipe for a Rice Krispies bar made with peanut butter and corn syrup and topped with chocolate and butterscotch chips. My [...]
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