bake and take: new direction...

I took a little "hiatus" from my blog. Let's be honest, I haven't posted since July, 2014 and not often before then! Over the past year I have dabbled at many things. Learning guitar, blogging, reading, photography, cooking, & even taking French lessons on my computer. And while I love the "idea" of doing so many things, I have discovered my true passion is being in the kitchen. What warms my heart the most is making something yummy and then passing it on to someone else to enjoy. I have been working the past couple of years with an amazing woman, photographer and a person I now call friend! Nelou of nelougrace.com is so talented in so many areas- photography, computer skills, Lightroom, design and so on… I have learned so much and look forward to learning more from my sweet friend. What I have discovered over the past few months is when I have time to do as I please, I often gravitate towards the kitchen and whip something up! While driving in the car the idea came from the back of the Suburban… "bake and take!" Perfectly fitting, since I just adore to bake and take to family, friends, coworkers and whoever will be my guinea pig! So I am putting my "big girl" camera on the shelf for a while and placing my primary focus on baking, along with taking pictures with my iPhone (seriously… so handy!!). Don't get me wrong, I love my "big girl" camera and I plan to use it a lot, especially when we go to the cabin. But for now… I'm finding the iPhone camera does an amazing job and is super simple when it comes to photographing my yummies for blogposts! Thanks to Nelou for "re-designing" my blog! Nelou has fantastic ideas and I highly recommend her services!

One of my favorite treats as a kid were Rice Krispy Treats! Mom made them all the time and she would vary the ingredients from time to time. Today I am sharing her "kicked up treats." These treats aren't your basic off the box recipe… no sireeeee! They are soft and just the right amount of "goo!" Altogether now… mmmmmmmm.

Ingredients:

5 Tablespoons butter

8 cups mini marshmallows

1/2 cup peanut butter (I prefer smooth)

6 cups Krispie Rice Cereal

1/2 teaspoon salt

Melted chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

Butter a 9x13 pan, set aside.
In a large pot over low heat, melt butter and peanut butter. Add 8 cups of mini marshmallows, stirring constantly until melted. Add salt.
Once the marshmallows and peanut butter are melted, stir in the cereal. Mix well and press into the prepared pan.
Allow to cool completely before drizzling chocolate or cutting into squares. I usually put the pan in the refrigerator to speed up the cooling process.

Additional Notes: You can omit the peanut butter if you prefer. If you omit the peanut butter I would add 1/2 cup - 1 cup more cereal.

Adapted from my mom's recipe. Thanks mom!

Grab a cup of tea or coffee, kick back and enjoy!

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