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Mixed Berry Crisp

2009-11-26T05:15:21Z

This quick and delicious Mixed Berry Crisp is a terrific ending to any meal. The warm berries coupled with the crisp slightly spicy topping (use gingersnaps!) make for a wonderful fall dessert. You can use whatever berries you like, I used a blueberry, blackberry, raspberry mix. To add a little extra flavor I mixed a few tablespoons of orange liqueur in with the berries before baking. My dad helped me out by chopping the nuts and grinding up the gingersnaps!

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Thanks Dad! Here is how you can make your own Berry Crisp:
You can find the whole recipe here. Start by placing 4 ramekins on a baking sheet and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To make the Crisp Topping stir together the flour, sugar, chopped nuts and crushed gingersnaps

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(crush the cookies quickly in a food processor) in a bowl until combined. Work the butter into the dry ingredients until it becomes crumbly and kind of sandy. Set the Crisp Topping aside.

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In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the frozen berries, sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 cup of the crisp topping and 2 or 3 tablespoon of orange liqueur (if using).

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Divide the mixture evenly between the four ramekins. Top each of the ramekins with approximately 1/2 cup of the remaining crisp (You will probably had some topping left over.

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Just store in a ziplock baggie in the freezer to use later). Place the ramekins on the sheet pan and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until browned and bubbling.

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Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a real treat!

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French Apple Pie

2009-11-23T22:25:34Z

French Apple Pie

A Slice

Just in time for Thanksgiving here is a perfectly yummy dessert that will impress your friends and family. Try it and let me know what you think of this little twist on a traditional apple pie.

Sienna and I were in a baking mood again, you know what that means, right? Reading cook books and coming up with our own recipes. Sienna loved helping me. As i made the pie dough I made sure to make extra so she could play with some. She loved it and spent hours playing with her special "real" dough. Too Cute. The pie is delicious and was pretty easy to make. I was able to bring it over to my in laws who loved it as well. So all around a keeper of a recipe.

French Apple Pie:
Crust
1 cup flour
1/4 cup cold butter
1 tsp. salt
2 to 3 tsp. ice water
(or buy a pie crust, which ever works for you)

Filling
6c. sliced, peeled Granny Smith apples (about 6 apples)
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Crumble Topping
1/3 c. butter
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 c. flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make pie dough in food processor. Combine flour, salt and butter until butter is the size of peas. Then slowly at ice water, until the dough makes a ball. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. In large bowl, combine sugar and flour. Mix together with apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Roll out pie dough and place in pie pan. Trim edges and crimp. Take left over dough and put back in food processor and add one tablespoon of flour and mix. You should have small crumbs, sprinkle crumbs on the bottom of pie crust, do NOT press them into the crust. This will help keep your crust from getting soggy. I saw this on food network and it really works.

layer in apple mixture into pie. I think you get a much better result when you layer the apples in the pie, you get less air pockets and more apples. It might take you an extra minute put it really does make a difference. Make French Crumb Topping by mixing 1/3 cup butter and sugars together. Cut in 3/4 cup flour. Sprinkle topping over apples in pie plate. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until topping is golden and apples are tender.

Let cool for at least an hour. Serve warm with ice cream or whip topping.

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A little help for Turkey day

2009-11-25T14:00:58Z

Sent as an email

HAPPY THANKSGIVING..........Here is a recipe I thought you would like for the holidays

Ingredients:
1 whole turkey
1 large lemon, cut into halves
salt and pepper to taste
butter or olive oil, whichever you prefer

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Rub butter or oil over the skin of the turkey until it is completely coated.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any other seasonings you prefer.

Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat;
Slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up, one on
each side. This way the juice from the lemon will release into the breasts.

Cover and bake for 30-45 minutes. Remove cover and continue
to roast until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes.

If you've followed these steps correctly, your turkey should
look like the one in the picture.

Bon Appetit!

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NaBloPoMo Day 23: make bread, not sweaters

2009-11-24T05:31:31Z

I know this is not very helpful in terms of my NaNoSweMo goal but I made soup, spaghetti sauce and bread today and did not knit very much. Niels was sick over the weekend and was not fever free for 24 hours yet this morning so he stayed home from school. Every time I walked into the living room to sit on the couch and knit while they played there was some chaos in my way or something that needed attention. I got several loads of wash done (and folded!) and a lot done in the kitchen, most notably, the bread. I don't bake bread very often but I was looking in an old spiral notebook that has recipes I wrote down in the mid-90s, I think. My mom needed the recipe for Swedish meatballs that she gave me and that's where that one is. I was looking through it and found a recipe for Honey Whole Wheat bread which I say is from the bread book in Bon Appetit series of cookbook. I think that must mean it came from my mother's house so I am going to have to look at it again when we visit them because the recipe seemed woefully lacking to me.

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There's no mention of kneading, just of beating the dough in the mixer. That made some sense to me until I got to the second "knead" and the bread was so incredibly sticky. I decided to knead it by hand instead. I had also substituted bread flour for the all-purpose and I think my whole wheat is pastry flour and I also added vital wheat gluten, so I wasn't exactly following the recipe anyway. I kneaded in a bunch more flour until it felt smooth, let it rest, and then shaped a loaf put it in the loaf pan rather than just beating it in the mixer and "turning it out" into the loaf pan. It was a success. (It's shiny because I had just brushed it with butter when I took this photo.)

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The crust is very thick but the crumb is soft and sweet. I started to write that sentence in the past tense because I cut it and we all ate a couple of slices with dinner and it's almost gone! This is one of the reasons I don't bake bread that often, it takes all day and then is gone in an instant. I need to learn to make more than one at a time.

yum yum

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Maple-Walnut Oatmeal Cookies

2009-11-19T19:51:33Z

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Maple, Walnuts and Oatmeal: sure sounds like the perfect fall combination to me, especially when they are mixed together into a delicious cookie! When I came across this recipe for Maple-Walnut Oatmeal Cookies in the special Martha Stewart Halloween Magazine I couldn't wait to give them a try with all the toasted walnuts, real maple syrup and brown sugar. The twist in this oatmeal cookie is the addition of shredded coconut. The recipe calls for unsweetened coconut but all I had on hand was the sweetened variety. To off-set the sweetness I toasted the coconut along with the walnuts. The toasted coconut provided a great texture and nutty flavor element that wasn't overly sweet. I also added a little sprinkle of sea salt on the top of each cookie before baking. After mixing the dough together I let it "rest" in the fridge for a good 30 minutes to let the flavors mingle before baking. These cookies bake up moist and tender in the center and slightly crispy around the edges with a terrific walnut/maple flavor. The oatmeal and toasted coconut add nice texture and heft to the cookie. Here is how you can make your own with a few change that I've made along the way. All the changes I made are in italics:

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Maple-Walnut Oatmeal Cookies- adapted from the Martha Stewart Halloween Magazine
Makes 12 cookies (I made mine smaller so I ended up with around 20 cookies)
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
3/4 cups unsweetened finely shredded coconut (I used sweetened coconut, toasted in the oven)
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 stick plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
sea salt for sprinkling (i used this for sprinkling on the top of each cookie)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment or silpat. In a bowl, combine oats, toasted coconut, flour, salt and sugar.

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In a saucepan over medium heat, mix butter and maple syrup together until melted and combined. Hint: spray measuring cup with Pam before filling with maple syrup. The syrup will slide easily out of the measuring cup! Remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and boiling water. Immediately stir into the butter mixture until combined. Stir into the oat mixture and fold in the toasted walnuts.

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At this point I covered the bowl of dough with plastic wrap and chilled in the fridge for around 30 minutes. The recipe doesn't call for doing this but I feel it really helps the wet ingredients fully incorporate with the dry ingredients creating a better tasting baked cookie.

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Form dough into 1/4 cup balls (I used a medium sized scoop and got a smaller cookie) and place on cookie sheet about 3 inches apart, 6 to a sheet. Flatten each ball slightly.

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I added a little sprinkle of sea salt to the tops of each cookie. Bake until golden brown and set, around 20 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool

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Wool Worths Australia.. -THE WORST COMPANY AND USELESS MANAGEMENT PEOPLE-DEVILS...

2009-07-01T00:57:22Z

Woolworth's Dan Murphy's liquor store and Safeway Supermarket-2 years of experience as a Customer

There departmental stores and liquor shops are located most part of the cities around Australia.

This company is owned by Woolworth's the way the company has lots of mismanagement.

Most of the Managers in the store are Dumb.

People do not bother the Australian Community since drinking are their customs. Customers have the feedback facility in the website and they do not accept bad feedback or good feedback.

Even if a customer who comes for shopping they just say " HAI AND BYE" dress like jokers. People are not fair enough to give feedback in the country. They sometimes straight away show their hatred to Asians or Indians who go for job request or as a customer. People do not value others as human beings and as well as dollars.

Managers are mostly 65 to 80 year old obessess dick heads..

Its foolish to be a customer and a slave to be customer and to work in the Dan Murphy's store.

Make your decisions before joining any Woolworth's for part time you will need

Dan MURPHY'S STAFFS ARE ALL RACIST.. They employ only dumb dick heads who do not know anything...

Monopoly KIND OF BUSINESS THIS WOOLWORTHS HAS DONE TO IT...

This is a message from an effected human being when I hunted for a part time job in the WOOLWORTHS company...

They do not have a system of selecting or recruiting a person to work even for part time..
Fools they want the people to please them as romeo an juliet style for jobs..
What kind of world are they are in??

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Life in AUSTRALIA-Unknown land of HELL...

2009-02-28T05:10:53Z

Fuck yourself

COME TO AUSTRALIA--FUCK IT....

A country with Sick world war 2 dick heads with their half baked & half minded confused generations and dumped sadistic foreigners with a hectic life here.
Its a fucking Tourist country with money sucking education business with unknown cultur

The Consultants in India are the worst assholes.They ruin the indian students life here.Take this guy VASAN- Universal student Services-http://www.uniservices.com.au/default.aspx?pg=faq and IDP Australia - http://www.australia.idp.com.

They have made a fortune in sending students here and ruined lot of people here.

Unis say they'll still rely on foreign student fees-University of Ballarat-VC

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/unis-say-theyll-still-rely-on-foreign-student-fees-20090513-b3ae.html

http://theboss2007.vox.com/library/post/spoke-about-the-education-quality-and-resource-in-melbourne-insti-of-technology-ub-branch-on-mail.html

I got settled in a useless town called Ballarat(Giving points for regional marks 5 point is to develop-ass holes they did not even develop their own countries regional area centuries ago in this Fucking continent) to do my masters-Information systems.I did not know it has a branch in Melbourne.The university name is University of Ballarat.I was eager to get into melbourne for jobs.Student life is the filthiest life to live in Australia.

and better life style.The place where i ended up is a country side which they use industry and education to develop the town.Its a modern clint eastwood town.Getting a job and living peaceful healthy life is not easy in Australia.People see the dress code when they recruit people not the dedication.Australians are filthiest people who drink,dance,drugs and smoke.They do nonsense and this leads to racism here.The young generation people are like terrorists here.They harm people of all kind of ages who mostly Indian nationality.

Indian student beaten up and robbed in a moving train

Melbourne, May 11 (PTI) An Indian student was beaten up and robbed by a group of teenagers in a moving train here, media report said today.
Sourabh Sharma, 21, who came to Australia a year ago to study hospitality, was brutally bashed when six thugs confronted him in the train.

"They asked me for cigarettes. I said I had none, then they said, 'Why the f--- did you come here?' then they were saying 'Kiss my foot' and started kicking me and punching me," he was quoted as saying in the report.

"I was crying out for help but nobody would help me. They punched me in the teeth and kept kicking me. I said take my watch, take my wallet, but there were five or six of them and they kept just beating me," Sourabh said.

He said the gang, all aged about 16, then jumped off at a western suburb station.

Sharma was left bleeding with fractured cheek bone and shattered teeth. He was taken to a hospital.

The attack follows a growing number of assaults on Indian students, particularly in the western suburbs. PTI

Manmohan raises attacks on students with Rudd

http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/30/stories/2009053056340100.htm

I thought they have a better life style like New York.The place where i ended up is a country side which they use industry and education to develop the town.Its a modern clint eastwood town.Getting a job and living peaceful healthy life is not easy in Australia.People see the dress code when they recruit people not the dedication.

Australians are filthiest people who drink,dance,drugs and smoke.They do nonsense and this leads to racism here.The young generation people are like terrorists here.They harm people of all kind of ages who mostly Indian nationality.

University Of Ballarat and other experience which i experienced it for a year...

University of Ballarat Residence experience-Peter Lalor Hall

When I landed up in Melbourne I met with old couple after a year of stay in Ballarat(July2007-july 2008).The old fellow name is Haroon. I thought and expected there would many things to learn and live quality life in Australia but its utter crap to live in Australia I cannot tell this thing everytime to everyone.I blogged this information whatever.I have experienced.This kind of nonsense is not in India.

Haroon

This guy name is Haroon Mohamed who talks in fucking British accent in an Australian way and to impress his with his hard work and other things indirectly he says to his wife he has called me to chat with him in home.

He has a trail project with the PAP-parambikulam Aliyar project for his Rubicon company so he has sensed that I am from Pollachi-South West-India in Singapore Airport Trans

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it Lounge to Coimbatore.

He has stayed only in our developing town for a week and went to some local hotel with the Electricity and Irrigation Dept guys with the local restuarants and working site.He mocked at as a Australian humour.He thinks that I have not been to any clubs, do not know ettiquttes,war movies,culture and suit and about United States etc.Silly Motherfucker and an Asshole.

.These people have stuck with 70's Australia,still they think they are comfortable with all the material-FANCY dressing,perfume and impressing with friends(suit and British English) and getting bottle of liquor and trying to pose as if he scored Guinness WORLD of records.

Then he said proudly that Australia is a racist country too.Indirectly impressing his wife by telling that they are great with culture and dresscode.

I know this man had a massive experience here and settled here.He started to call me to his house and make to show his achievements and i had stayed in many accommodation,One I had a problem in a wrong accommodation with some Dutch and Rajasthani guy.He told me DUTCH people are filthy and they are racist..

Then he called me to his house like having a small time pass party started talking rubbish eating junk food and he was impressing his wife and then finally they spoke about the dress code which I did not consider and they thought they called me for fun chatting in their house.They spoke about my dress code and all the stuff,which made me to depress.

I got to know what fucking culture australia.His wife is proudly saying that she has a daughter in Law who has an Aboriginal Name..Its good but why she wanted to think India is some 50 year old jurk countryThey are born in India 45 years ago and they have left everything including the humility and humanity .So he started talking non stop till I got into the plane.I had severe tooth ache with jet lag and I was not able to talk with him with my tooth pain which I suffered for previous three months.I managed to talk with him for 1 hour. He will provide meals as he invited and start talking for hours about the his family and pride of Australia as if he provides meals.He cannot cook indian food too.He pretends to impress everyone with his dresscode and cooking style by wasting others time by inviting them to their home to attract his wife.

I met this guy in Feb 3rd 2008 Singapore airport in a transit Longue to Coimbatore where I was waiting with stress and pain.I was on the way for my dental problem in which i could find any doctors to treat me here from Nov 2007 to Jan 2008.He was talking to me for 1 hour non stop,he found that I am from Coimbatore.I thought he would guide me.Ended up in a nonsense.I learnt Australia is country of lazy and resource hungry people.They depend everything on other countries..

Selfish Fat fucker(obesity man with materialistic mind and selfish thoughts) with absent minded wife remember Ghajini movie,she thinks that she is a queen of Australia..

This guy has warehouse here for his main business and a member in chambers of Commerce in Melbourne.

He connects everyone to Tamilnadu related with Land or Agriculture or Govt related jobs in South India...

Nina Mohamed.-She joked at me by questioning me that If have seen the movie- Slum Dog Millionare movie

She basically things whoever husband brings to her home are super rich and she is a material and egositic person.

I have given my experience with this guy.He has called me to his house several to entertain them.He looks like a big thug

and his wife does not like India.She will treat me like an Orphan..Her name Nina Mohamed from Bangalore..

Both are settled here for 33 years.

They have fucked our culture and stinking Couple I have ever met

They can not give reference to me for anything.They are treating like a time pass thing or a clown from India to while away their time..

Please read the letters -starting from bottom.Look that man's advice- he only talks and does not do.They cannot even cook Indian food also.

CHeck out his profile pics in facebook..

Dear Pradeep

Thanks for your e-mail.

It sounds like you are doing fine.

When you contact your father please pass on my best wishes.

All the best.

Uncle Haroon

-----Original Message-----
From: Pradeep Rajkumar

Sent: Monday, 16 February 2009 5:54 PM
To: Canning Aust P/L;
Subject: Re: References-Security guard course..

Dear uncle,
I do not need to leave Australia if I am successful in PR.
I know the Australian way here.I went to Brunswick after quiting the previous place because of spiritual freak and then I got caught with a drunkard,I knew when I landed the next day there.If I do not know culture and etiquette I would have not landed here.

My dad has studied in MCC high school and then Loyola,he has been to UK too when he was young.He has taken me to lot of clubs and learnt lot of table manners and etiquette.

People who are coming from Pollachi are not assumed as Country brutes.Settling in Australia for a student nowadays it takes more time.I am in the right way here now after 1 1/2 years misleaded life.Got into a tamil community here.Keep in touch.
Regards,
Pradeep Rajkumar

2009/2/10 Canning Aust P/L

Dear Pradeep

Good to hear from you.... I guess.

I am sorry that you have only seen such a bad side of Australian culture.

This is why I find it hard to understand why you said that you want to settle here permanently. Why would you want to live and work in a place that is giving you so much grief??

It is obvious from your letter that you are not happy here. In which case finish your studies ( as you have said - Education is the most important thing.) and then leave for home

On the other hand if you stay then you have to get to understand the local way of life and it most definitely encompasses sport.

By now you must be aware -that sport plays a huge part in most Australians' lives and that is why we said you should try to understand the local game so that you have a 'common interest' when you converse with others.

I can see that you are unhappy in Footscray. We shop there every week but we don't live there and of course that is different. That's why I mentioned to your father that it was a better place.

Only you can decide if the last place in Brunswick with the drunken landlord is better than where you are now. Only you can control your decision.

In any case keep up with the studies and then decide if you want to stay or leave.

I wish you the very best.

Sincerely

Uncle Haroon

-----Original Message-----
From: Pradeep Rajkumar

Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2009 4:43 PM
To:

Subject: Re: References-Security guard course..

Dear uncle,
How are you?I am fine.I got my exams next week.Rushing up with my final assignments.I was stressed already before meeting you in home.I thought you would relax me a bit by knowing the real scenario going around and I found that you need a bit of updating.There are no time to see news everyday and I check the news on net if I have time.Here universities fail students to earn money here and I am over coming the stress already from Ballarat.

Education is the most important stuff to finish than AFL,news,socializing,etc in Australia.I have been knowing the knowing about the western culture for the past 18 years as you explained about the party and owners/employees attending the function and their interaction during our last meeting.Australia has everything but no updation and maintenance.I did not find people to guide me for job even after I met you when I was in Coburg.There are people who are here for the last 8 years in Melbourne.They are willing to give refer me.

Melbourne has totally changed what you think now.Reference and lies are the only solution for part time jobs in Australia.Most of the universities are not helpful enough to refer students in Australia.A lie is a lie and there no way in warming up the truth.I thought you would give a reference for a security course even though you were here for the last 33 years,this suprised me. Nowadays here they do not even bother about the dress code and presentation here.

They needs references for jobs.So this is my situation,I got a good place where people can interact and get me a part time job.The present house I got the contact through gumtree website,the present house owner is a srilankan Tamil christian who knows one of my neighbours from Pollachi who were friends for the last 8 years during and after their education.So he got me in to his house after seeing my problem and not my dresscode here.

That's all what I can update you at the moment.Footscray is known for its drugs and criminal activities.Not only cheap houses.Its a cheap place with risky life with dark people around with drugs.I knew about this place a year ago.I ended up in a worse location called Gordon Lodge.You must not have been going around the neighbourhood here.Footscray is not a good area as you informed dad in India when he called you.It took a year for me to get settled in Australia.I hope you understand my situation.

Regards,
Pradeep Rajkumar

2009/1/14 Canning Aust P/L

Hi Pradeep

Good that you are trying out this course. While I am sure it will help with getting work you must be aware what it entails.

Basically you will have to apprehend shoplifters, druggies and drunks most of the time. The rest of the time it will be surveillance and crowd control. Wherever you work you must understand the rules and the law. Check closely first.

I don't know how I am going to get you a doctor or Lawyer to give you a clearance. The idea is that they must know you first.

I can give you a reference but here you just can't ask a doctor for a reference.

Ask your college course coordinator. I am sure that they have had similar requests from other students before.

Keep me informed.

Uncle Haroon

-----Original Message-----
From: Pradeep Rajkumar
Sent: Wednesday, 14 January 2009 11:41 AM
To: Haroon Mohamed; Canning Aust P/L
Subject: References-Security guard course..

Dear Uncle,
I got visa for one more year from March 2009 to March 2010 for applying security course in Victoria.I am planning to apply for the course mid of next month so I need 2 references which are been accepted by the security course provider.
I need your contact's reference who are in positions-Doctors,Lawyer or any government official from your contacts for my Security guard course.Convey my regards to Aunty.
Have a nice day.
Regards,
Pradeep Rajkumar

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Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats

2009-11-13T02:12:48Z

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I have several adult friends that LOVE Rice Krispy Treats, you know the ones with melted marshmallows and margarine mixed with Rice Krispy Cereal? Well, I'm not quite a fan of the Rice Krispy Treat, I think they taste overly sweet with a plastic-like texture, so when I saw this recipe on the SmittenKitchen blog for a more "sophisticated crispy treat" I had to try it out! The key update on the old classic is in the browning of the butter before adding the marshmallows. Brown butter takes on a rich almost nutty flavor that is very distinctive and appealing. Add in a little coarse salt and you've taken lowly rice crispy treats and made Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats! I have to say, my Dad hates marshmallows and rice crispy treats....but he loved these! I bet you will too. Here is how you make them:

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You can find the entire recipe for Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats here. Start by buttering an 8x8 inch pan or you can do like I did and line the entire pan with aluminum foil and spray with Pam for super easy cleanup. Set the pan aside.

In a large pot melt a stick of butter on medium-low heat stirring frequently making sure to scrape the bottom of the pan. The butter will become foamy and then start to get golden brown. Watch the butter carefully and stir constantly because it goes from golden to burned quickly! When the butter looks nice and golden brown remove from the heat and quickly stir in the 10 oz. of marshmallows until they become all melted and smooth. Add in 6 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal and 1/4 tsp. of sea salt or you can use coarse kosher salt like I did. Mix well to coat and spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.

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Using a oiled spatula (or you can just spray some Pam on your hands like i did) press the mixture evenly into the pan. Make sure to press down very firmly as this will help ensure that your treats don't fall apart when you try to cut them. Let the treats cool completely in the pan.

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When cool, remove from pan and cut into small squares. To package mine for gift giving I simply cut some small squares of colored wax paper and placed in between the treats.

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I wrapped them up tightly in plastic wrap, taped the ends together and tied with a ribbon and added a tag. Easy and fun!

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Mmmmm...pie.

2009-11-12T19:42:27Z

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KCRW's 1st Annual Good Food Pie Contest

Registration is now closed. If you entered a pie and have a question, please contact Harriet at harriet.ells@kcrw.com.

Thank you to everyone who entered -- we've had a tremendous response! If you already registered, please bring your pie(s) to center of the Canyon on the first level of the shopping center, right next to BCBG and Coach at 12:30 pm on November 14th. You will be responsible for slicing and plating your pie for the judges. KCRW will provide plates and forks for you. Bring a knife to slice your pie and label your pie plate if you wish to reclaim it after the event. Judging will begin at 1:30 pm.

Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Location: Westfield Topanga, Canyon Atrium

Judges:
Mark Peel - Executive Chef & Owner, Campanile
Russ Parsons - Food Editor for the LA Times
Stefan Richter - Chef & Owner, Stefan's at LA Farm; Former Contestant on Bravo's Top Chef (Season 5)
Eric Greenspan - Chef & Owner of The Foundry on Melrose
Elizabeth Belkind - Executive Pastry Chef/Owner of Cake Monkey
Amy Scattergood - Food writer, LA Weekly
Eddie Lin - of the blog DeepEndDining.com and the book Extreme Cuisine
Amelia Saltsman - author of The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook
Pim Techamuanvivit - Food Blogger and author of The Foodie Handbook
Clifford Wright - Noted Chef and Cookbook Author, Co-Founder of the Venice Cooking School

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Mmmmm...pie.

2009-11-12T19:42:19Z

Google Maps

KCRW's 1st Annual Good Food Pie Contest

Registration is now closed. If you entered a pie and have a question, please contact Harriet at harriet.ells@kcrw.com.

Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Location: Westfield Topanga, Canyon Atrium

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