Smitten Kitchen Love
I think my all-time favorite food blog is Smitten Kitchen. Deb, the blogger, lives in NYC and apparently has a tiny kitchen but still makes such beautiful food. And her photography is amazing as well.
Nicole was telling me about her salted brown butter rice krispie treats recipe and I knew I had to try it – despite not actually liking rice krispie treats. I happened to have marshmallows in my apartment because after watching Jon and Kate + 8 roast s’mores in the good old days and I just couldn’t get it out of my head. Thus, I bought a bag of marshmallows, “roasted” it with a chopstick over a candle flame, got a piece of Ghirardelli dark chocolate and sandwiched it between my all-natural graham crackers. It was sad, folks. A sad moment, indeed.
Of course, after eating two s’mores, I was at a loss as to what to do with the rest of the bag.
Deb to the rescue! I’m not going to re-post the recipe since I didn’t alter it in any way but you can find it here. And you can look at my pictures for a step-by-step or just because you like to look at pictures of food.
Apparently, this recipe is all the rage these days. A co-worker of mine had one bite and asked if it was the Smitten Kitchen recipe!
Don’t you just love recipes that only require four ingredients?
Make sure to grease the pan really well!
And you’re going to want to constantly stir the butter as it browns because it gets all foamy at the top and you won’t be able to tell the color until you KEEP MIXING!
Brown…
I used giant marshmallows but I actually recommend using the little ones because I’m guessing they will melt faster. Just keep mixing the marshmallows in until it gets pretty smooth.
There are going to be little brown bits from the butter. Don’t worry!
Mix, mix, mix.
And then use a greased piece of parchment paper to pat the rice krispies down.
Perfection! And no oven required 
And voila! Amazingly buttery and salty and crunchy.
It is one of the easiest and most delicious snacks I’ve ever made. Try it!
One Response to “Smitten Kitchen Love”
August 30th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
My sister and Josh made these for my family one holiday or gathering and they were out of this world. I’m going to admit that I have never had much luck making rice krispie treats (they frighten me – making them does that is…) but perhaps it’s worth it to give it another go…I’ll let you know! YUMMMM!!!
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