Wednesday, July 13, 2011

RICE KRISPIE TREATS

I was watching a local tv station today and they were making gourmet rice krispie treats and my mouth was watering the whole time!! Here is the recipe for my favorite one she made!!!

Rocky Mountain Grizzly Bear Paw Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients:
  • · 5 tbsp butter
  • · 5 1/2 cups Rice Krispie Cereal
  • · 1 10oz package marshmallows
  • · 1/3 cup peanut butter ( White Chocolate Wonderful, Peanut Butter & Co. 1 4oz bar of chocolate, melted (Hershey)
  • · 1 4oz bar white chocolate, melted ( Lindt )
  • · 3/4 cup coarsely chopped cashews
  • · 1/4 cup prepared, or homemade caramel
Method:

· Butter a small baking sheet, set aside.

· In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat, add marshmallows and stir until smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter.

· Fold in cereal.

· When evenly coated, pour into prepared pan. Press to flatten slightly.

· Sprinkle cereal mixture with half the nuts. Drizzle half of the chocolate, white chocolate and caramel over the nuts.

· Refrigerate for 5-7 minutes, or until chocolate is slightly set.

· From the small end of pan, lift cereal and roll, jelly roll style. Pressing lightly to compress. Smoothing edge to seal.

· With seam side down, drizzle remaining, chocolates, and caramel over the top of roll, finishing with remaining chopped nuts.

· Refrigerate until firm. Slice into rounds when ready to serve.

Makes 10 pieces


the rest of the recipes are HERE!!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

BIRTHDAY FOR MY SWEET MARS

My sweet baby turned 1 on Saturday!! This year went by way too fast...She is such a little independent little girl now. She is walking, talking, and getting big WAY too fast!!!! We had a fun day celebrating yesterday too!! We went to a park that has a water play place and the kids loved it. I'm bad at taking remembering to take pictures, but thankfully my sister took these of Marlee while she was eating her cupcake!



that look....I think this girl is going to have some serious attitude..pray for me in about 12 years...












playing in the water!! She was so brave!!