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Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats

May 17, 2011 by kim 13 Comments

Let’s just say: Whoa mama.. I can always count on you guys for some drama (not all of you, mostly just the anonymous posters).

Let’s lighten the mood a bit, shall we? We all need that from so many people believing in killing off dogs at the first chance. Yeeeeesh. Let’s focus on the sprinkles, now… bright and happy thoughts.

I’ve always been a fan of rice crispy treats. My mom never really baked, so this is the closest she got to making dessert. Even so, these were probably made twice a year in my house when I was growing up. The moment I realized how simple the recipe was, I started making rice crispy treats on my own (maybe 7th grade?).

I saw the idea for cake batter rice crispy treats floating around on Tastespotting and Foodgawker. Could rice crispy treats really taste like cake batter? The idea was so simple.. just mix cake mix in! So I gave it a go. The first time I tried, the treats weren’t nearly as cake battery as I’d hoped for. So, I gave it another go with three times the amount of cake batter I put in the first time. Perfect!

Original recipe from Rice Krispies

3 tablespoons butter
1 10-ounce bag of mini marshmallows (4 cups mini marshmallows)
3/4 cup Funfetti cake mix
6 cups rice krispies cereal
6 heaping tablespoons of sprinkles

Completely melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat.
Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
Next, stir in the cake mix until dissolved.
Stir in the cereal until it is evenly coated with marshmallow. Sprinkle in half of the sprinkles and mix and continue stirring.
Press the mixture into a 9 x 13 baking dish and top with remaining sprinkles. Cut and enjoy!

Star Wars Brownie Roll Out Cookies

May 4, 2011 by kim 16 Comments

Just about to go into the oven:

and baked!

Happy May 4th! aka “May the 4th be with you” aka my DB’s birthday. I thought this day would be the most appropriate to share these Star Wars cookies that I made not too long ago. I picked up these cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma. They also had Star Wars pancake molds, food dyes, and aprons– perfect for the girlfriend with the Star Wars-loving boyfriend!

Funny thing about Star Wars.. I still have yet to see it. I know, I know… I’m a terrible person. But don’t worry. I’ve started! … kind of. Let’s just say that my DB’s doing better with the Harry Potter series than I have been with Star Wars. Oops.

But there is one person that I know who may or may not be a bigger Star Wars fan than my DB. That, my friends, is Donald Faison. Don’t know who that is? He’s also known as Turkleton from Scrubs (my favoriteeeee show of all time). I ran into him at Katsu-ya and he actually called me over to ask where I bought my DB’s Star Wars t-shirt from. Next, he pulled up his sweater to reveal a t-shirt that read “I <3 Star Wars." Amazing, right? Donald Faison's every bit as awesome as I thought he would be. He even took a picture with me! Listen to myself.. I sound like a little fan girl. Oh dear.

Okay, no more fan girl.. back to the baked goods. This recipe from Smitten Kitchen made the most perfect cookies. By perfect, I mean perfect for detailed cookie cutters. The taste was a little bland, but I do admit that they make some beautiful cookies.

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s dark)

Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside.
Cream butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cocoa in mixer.
Gradually add the dry flour mixture into the wet mixture. Wrap in plastic and chill for at least one hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll out the cookie dough on floured counter. Use cookie dough cutters to cut into desired shapes.
Bake on a lined baking sheet for 8 to 11 minutes (the former for 1/8-inch thick cookies, the latter for 1/4-inch cookies) until the edges are firm and the centers are slightly soft and puffed.

Cheerio Snickerdoodles

May 2, 2011 by kim 5 Comments

I’ve been a bad blogger. I’ve totally been MIA. Sorry I didn’t update while I was out… but I was in Paris! Carpe Diem! More on Paris, later… I’m just glad to be home.

Honey Nut Cheerio has always been one of my favorite cereals. I always try to convince the DB to get the pack from Costco when we’re there, but he argues that it’s just too much Cheerio for two people. Fine, you win. So, I drove over the local grocery store and buy it there instead. I was curious as to if Cheerios would go well in a cookie, so I gave it a quick Google. Sure enough, someone else has thought of it before me!

Cheerio and snickerdoodles. Why haven’t I thought of it before? They sound like they go together.. the cinnamon, sugar, and honey.. and of course they did! These cookies were so good. I kept eating the cookie dough like there was no tomorrow. I also refrigerated my dough overnight just to make sure the cookies were going to come out sturdy. The Cheerios gradually softened while in the fridge, so the cookie dough only tasted good just after mixing (I’m not encouraging you to eat cookie dough.. that’d be terrible of me!). The cookie turned out a bit crispy on the edges and soft with the bite. Adapted from The Caramel Cookie.

8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 3/4 cups Honey Nut Cheerios

For cinnamon sugar:

1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix together flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
Cream butter and both sugars together until well mixed. Add in the egg and vanilla.
Mix in the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Slowly stir in the Cheerios.
Chill the dough for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Shape dough into balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving cookies to a cooling rack.

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