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Churched-up Marshmallow Cereal Bars with Coconut and Pecans

May 19, 2011 By Korena in the Kitchen 3 Comments

I was looking through my baking cupboard yesterday and realized I had all of the necessary ingredients for these bars on hand: leftovers from a massive bag of marshmallows from a class camping trip, shredded coconut from making granola, pecans, and cereal. This morning when I actually pulled everything out and started to measure, however, I discovered that I didn’t have quite enough of anything. *Sigh*. By that point I was committed to making them, so half an hour and one trip to the store later, I *actually* had all of the necessary ingredients on hand and in the right amounts!

This recipe is courtesy of my trusted friend Martha, with a few tweaks by yours truly. They are essentially Rice Krispie Squares (cereal mixed with melted marshmallows and butter), however they are “churched-up” by the addition of toasted coconut and pecans. Originally the recipe called for cornflakes, but the first time I made them I used Kellog’s Just Right cereal, which has corn flakes, puffed rice, and toasted oats. They turned out really well and I have never made them with anything else. I also added vanilla, because everything is better with vanilla, right? Especially marshmallows!

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Filed Under: Cookies & Squares, Recipes Tagged With: baking, bars, cereal, coconut, food, marshmallows, pecans, recipe, sweet

Homemade Granola

March 4, 2011 By Korena in the Kitchen 1 Comment

My Mum has made homemade granola for almost as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I wasn’t a big fan – too grainy, too healthy – but in recent years I have come to appreciate just how delicious is it. My favorite part is the slightly sweet, toasted pecans, and Mum used to tell me off for picking them out of the freshly made granola cooling on the counter. Ahh, memories 😉 Anyway, I’ve had this recipe in my recipe box for a while now, but I only got around to making it for the first time this past weekend.

The recipe is very flexible and really easy to modify. I had a lot of fun browsing through the bulk food store looking for different ingredients. In addition to changing up some of the grains and seeds, I used honey and brown rice syrup instead of maple syrup, coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, and natural apple juice instead of brown sugar and water. This is the recipe as I made it, but as long as you keep the basic proportions of oats/flakes/grains, seeds, nuts, fruit, and liquid in check, you can be as creative as you want with substitutions and flavours!

The original recipe!

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Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes Tagged With: breakfast, cereal, dried fruit, nuts

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