[Sca-cooks] rice crispie (tm) treat analog

[Radei Drchevich]

Have you ever tryed it with puffed kashi?  gives an interseting texture.

joy

radei

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  From: lilinah at earthlink.net
  To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
  Subject: [Sca-cooks] rice crispie (tm) treat analog
  Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:35:48 -0800


  I recently made some variation on rice crispie treats... i hate
  marshmallows and eschew corn syrup, unless absolutely necessary.
  And being a cosmic organic sort i bought

  organic crisp brown rice cereal
  organic brown rice syrup
  organic chunky peanut butter
  naturally colored hard sugar coated chocolate discs (yeah,
  cosmically groovy natural m&m analogs)
  (because of the vegetable colorants, they are yellow, orange, cool
  red, and brown)

  I used a recipe... didn't quite work out, but it could have...

  Here's the recipe i found on the web - note, i am not vegan
  (there's animal parts in marshmallows)

  Crispy Cashew Rice Treats
  vegan
  Makes approximately 10 squares

  2 cups brown rice crisp cereal
  3/4 cup cashews, toasted and chopped (or your favorite nut)
  [i substituted the above mentioned m&m analogs]
  1/2 cup rice syrup
  3/4 cup natural peanut butter
  (mild vegetable oil)

  Combine cashews with rice crisp cereal in mixing bowl.
  Bring rice syrup to boil in medium saucepan. Lower heat and simmer
  for about 2 minutes.
  Add peanut butter and turn heat to low. Mix thoroughly, about 3
  minutes.
  Add peanut butter mixture to rice crisp cereal mixture and combine.
  Press into oiled baking dish and let cool.
  Cut into squares and serve.

  Nutrition Info Per Serving (2 oz.):
  290 calories (140 calories from fat), 16g total fat, 2.5g saturated
  fat, 2g dietary fiber, 7g protein, 29g carbohydrate, 0mg
  cholesterol, 190mg sodium

  I used 3 cups rice cereal, 3/4 cup rice syrup, 1 cup-plus peanut
  butter and 3/4 cup of m&m analogs. Not being a vegan, i used sweet
  butter to grease my pan. I followed the directions. The problem was
  that there wasn't enough sticky stuff to hold the cereal together.
  There was enough to hold most of it together moderately well, but
  it has a tendency to crumble. It may be partly because i used
  chunky rather than smooth peanut butter, and i may have overcooked
  the syrup a little.

  I was going to make it for a party i attended the Saturday before
  Halloween, but didn't get around to making it. Now that i have
  finally made it, i've been eating it for breakfast and as an
  evening snack.

  It is significantly less sweet than the standard goo - i don't like
  sweet - however, the m&m analogs made it too sweet for me. Next
  time, no m&m analogs and more nuts.

  I am also toying with buying hazelnut butter and good quality fudge
  sauce in a jar (or making my own) and mixing my own Nutella analog
  without all the chemical crap and using this to hold the rice bits
  together.
  -- Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
  the persona formerly known as Anahita
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