Brown Rice Treats with Browned Butter and Sea Salt Recipe

The kids and I went to Sweet Dreams this afternoon to stave off boredom. Sweet Dreams is a locally-owned ice cream shop that makes all sorts of weird flavors like sweet corn, Birds an Bees (local honey and sunflower seeds), guava & cheese (which is one of my new favorites), and salted caramel. I had the salted caramel, which made me crave a recipe I found on Smitten Kitchen this week.

This really is a children’s treat all grown up. The browned butter is so flavorful – and then the little bursts of sea salt throughout. So, so good. The original recipe used white rice crisp cereal. I decided to use brown rice crisps which can be found in the health food sections.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Stick of unsalted butter
10 oz. Bag of marshmallows
6 C. Brown Rice Crisps Cereal
1/4 tspn Course sea salt

DIRECTIONS:

1. Prepare a 8″x8″ square baking pan sprayed with non-stick spray or buttered.
2. Brown the butter: Melt butter in a large saucepan. The butter will foam, get golden and transparent, and eventually turn a toasty brown. It will also smell a bit nutty. Stir frequently throughout.
3. Remove from heat and add marshmallows. Stir until melted and smooth. Heat on low if marshmallows do not melt and become smooth.
4. Add the brown rice crisp cereal and stir until mixed thoroughly. Place in baking pan fairly quickly, before it sets. Pat down with a spatula and let cool and set. Serves 8 – 1″ squares