Brown Butter Crispy Treats

Name: Brown Butter Crispy Treats
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 24 squares
Ingredients: 8 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick), plus more for the pan (115 g); 10 oz mini marshmallows (285 g); ¼ tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 6 cups crisped rice cereal; 1 cup more mini marshmallows, to fold in

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Browning the butter first turns a childhood bake-sale square into something adults go back for. Extra marshmallows folded in at the end keep them soft and gooey.

One-handMake-aheadHolds 3h+

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Rest/rise1 hr

Yield24 squares

At the table: All session.

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Ingredients

Party size

One batch: 24 squares.

8 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick), plus more for the pan (115 g)
10 oz mini marshmallows (285 g)
¼ tsp kosher salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
6 cups crisped rice cereal
1 cup more mini marshmallows, to fold in

Kosher salt means Diamond Crystal. With Morton kosher salt, use about half.

Method

Butter a 9×13-inch pan.
Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat, swirling, 5 to 7 minutes.
Look forBrown flecks on the bottom and a nutty smell. Pull it a few seconds early; it keeps cooking.
Lower the heat, add the 10 ounces of marshmallows, and stir until just melted.
Off the heat, stir in the salt and vanilla, then the cereal and the extra marshmallows.
Press gently into the pan with a buttered spatula. Do not pack it down.
Cool 1 hour, then cut into 24 squares.

Make ahead

Keep airtight up to 2 days.

Holding

All session.

Allergens

Contains milk. Always check labels on packaged ingredients.

Notes

Not vegetarian: most marshmallows contain gelatin. Vegetarian marshmallows work the same way.

Not tagged card-safe until tested; a square wrapped in wax paper keeps fingers clean.

Tavern Night

This dish's twist table (d6)

1–2	The classic stands. No twist. Cook it as written.
3	Herb swap. Fold in ½ cup toasted coconut
4	Acid strike. Add 1 teaspoon orange zest with the vanilla
5	Plating challenge. Cut with a cookie cutter into coins and stack them as a hoard
6	Host's boon. The Host picks any twist above, or the table invents one. The safety rule still applies.

Roll before you start cooking. No twist ever changes a time, a temperature or how done something must be.