St Patrick's Day Special: Lucky Charms Treats

I decided to make these with one of our kids from church! He had a day off school so I was looking after him and wanted something fun we could both make together.  In celebration of St Patrick's Day, I wanted to find something kid friendly, quick, easy and fun....and this was it!

These are so simple, you can make them with your kids BEFORE St Patrick's Day!

We used rice krispies and lucky charms in ours, but you can just use lucky charms!

Measure out the cereal

Pick out the marshmallows from the lucky charms cereal and set aside for later.

Put the measured out cereal into a bowl.

In a medium sized saucepan, melt the butter.

Then add the marshmallows, stirring constantly until they are completely melted.

Add the melted marshmallows and butter to the cereal.

Stir until completely mixed.

Add half the lucky charms marshmallows and stir.

Put half the mixture in each of the greased dishes and, using your hands, pack the mixture firmly into the pan, making sure it is evenly distributed.

Chill for at least 30 minutes, then turn out of the pan and cut into squares.

..........and serve!

 Delicious!!

Ingredients:
Yield: around 30 squares

6 Tbsp. butter
8 C marshmallows
10 C Lucky Charms and rice krispie cereal
Cooking spray

Directions:

1) Pick out all the lucky charms marshmallows from the cereal, put in a bowl and set aside.

2) In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter and then add the marshmallows, stirring constantly until the marshmallows are completely melted.

3) Once melted, pour in cereal and mix until well-coated.

4) Press cereal mixture into a greased two 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle with reserved Lucky Charms marshmallows, pressing them firmly into the mixture so they are not loose.

5) Once set, cut into squares and serve.

Adapted from : momspark.net

Valentines Shortbread

Captain America is allergic to chocolate, except white, which can make any Valentines Day delights a little tricky. Instead of just buying him a gift I wanted to make him something special that was more personal and something that he could actually eat!

He adores shortbread, but rarely allows himself such a treat as he works hard to keep his Captain America physique intact.  However, this is Valentines Day and he deserves to be spoilt!

Seeing as this is our first Valentines day as a married couple I wanted it to be special, I'm sure the novelty will wear off over time but right now I have the time to put in a little more effort so I'm making the most of it and spoiling him rotten!

I found the original recipe on Bakergirl, she has a great blog with all sorts of fabulous recipes - so check her out!

Again, not to sound predictable here, but this recipe is the easiest cookie recipe ever, and the results are delicious!



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Biscotti

I love biscotti! Even before I met Todd, I loved it.  It is one of the easiest biscuit recipes I have ever made, and although it is a little time consuming you can make a huge batch and they last for a long time.....if they don't all get eaten first!

After Todd and I started dating, I wanted to learn the top tips from my new Sicilian family about how to improve these cookies, whole aniseed was the key I was told.  Since then I have continued to use it and found the following recipe which makes a delicious cookie.

One of the most terrifying things, as a new member to a Sicilian family is to find out that your Mother in Law makes AMAZING biscotti....apparently these are just as good, according to my husband, and we all know he doesn't give his seal of approval easily.

I made these again this Christmas and they were a huge success, demands were made for more and some of the family were requesting the recipe! I think they passed the test!

The original recipe adds cranberries and pistachios.  They are delicious.  I have also added almonds and chocolate chips, but our personal favorite is 'original' recipe biscotti with almonds.

For the link to the original recipe click here, Biscotti with cranberries & pistachios

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