Rice Krispy Treats

One of our family favorites is Rice Krispy Treats.  We don't have them very often but when we do, they go quickly.  The best part is that one box of cereal makes two batches of treats so we get to have them twice as long as I remember to buy two bags of marshmallows and the great news is that I did.  I bought this special treat because we were making our last trip to the store before school was out for 4 weeks.  I didn't know exactly what that was going to entail but we decided to go with a recipe a day as part of the our home school fun.  This was one of our home ec lessons after a box of brownies, homemade pizza, and before homemade bread.  I can't wait to find out what other things we are going to make together while we are home for awhile.

My helper melted butter in the pot and added the marshmallows when it was melted.  Then stirred to make sure all the marshmallows (that he didn't already eat) were coated in butter.

He stirred and stirred but said that he thought it was done.  It wasn't done and that he wanted some help to get it finished.

We melted until smooth and he saw that it looked a little different when you were patient for it to melt all the way.

We removed it from heat and he decided that he was in charge of pouring in the rice krispies and I was in charge of stirring.

We added 4 cups and then stirred.  Then my son added the last 2 cups.  I stirred until they were all coated.

My son used the butter wrapper to grease the pan on the bottom so nothing would stick.  I held the pot while he scraped the rice krispies into the pan. He used the same butter wrapper to press the krispie treats flat.  I showed him that if you pressed a little more then it would help the treats stay together better.

He enjoyed eating the spoon and what was left in the pot while the bars cooled.  We enjoyed them a lot and my son was really happy to know that we could make another batch soon.

Rice Krispy Treats

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 10 oz package or 4 cups Mini-Marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal

Directions

1. In large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
2. Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
3. Using wax paper or butter wrapper evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with butter. Cool. Cut into squares