Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Photo: Jenny Richards

Ingredients

5 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 bag large marshmallows

6 cups Rice Krispie treats

1/2 teaspoon 1 tsp Secret Stash Salt vanilla salt (to taste)

Preparation

Grease a 9"x12" baking pan with butter (generously, salted butter if you choose)

In a stock pan or Dutch oven, slowly melt the remaining butter and cook it until it reaches brown butter stage.

Add the marshmallows to the pan and stir constantly, scraping the bottom of the pan to dislodge any stuck-on and caramelized bits. Cook until the marshmallows are completely melted and then cook a little bit more, until it starts to turn light brown.

Add the cereal all at once and stir vigorously until it is mostly coated with the cooked marshmallow cream.

Sprinkle half of the the salt into the cereal and continue stirring.

Scrape the cereal mixture into the prepared pan. If you haven't already done so, take a little bite of the cereal to test for salt. If it needs more sprinkle more over the top.

With greased hands, press the cereal mixture into the pan.

Allow it to rest until cooled, and then cut. Store in an airtight container.