Kellogg's Rice Krispies Snowmen Tried and Tested
Kelloggs
have recently launched a Christmas baking campaign. Celebrity cook, Jo Wheatley has created three exclusive Christmas recipes on behalf of the breakfast cereal
giant. This recipe for the Rice Krispies Snowmen is one of them and my teenage son and I thought we would trial it.
We
followed the recipe relatively closely, swapping a couple of decorative items
with alternatives that I had in the cupboard. We had a good laugh making them together, but
we found the process quite messy and fiddly, mainly because we made up our
own fondant icing. I would therefore suggest, unless you are a sugar paste expert,
that you buy in ready to roll icing in two colours to make the hats and scarves,
and, more importantly, that you ensure you butter up your hands when rolling the body and
head shapes as the recipe tells you, or else you will end up with just a sticky
mess.You've been warned!
Rice Krispies Snowmen
200g Rice Krispies
400g white Marshmallows
50g butter
6 melted marshmallows
A handful of currants
Strips of jelly sweets (as many as you like)
300g fondant (either 2 different colours 200g
for the hats & scarves 100g for scarves and noses or white and 2 gel
colours)
Sprinkles for buttons
Melt the butter and marshmallows in a heat
proof bowl in the microwave for about 60-90 seconds. Alternatively you can melt
the butter in a pan, add the marshmallows and stir until melted.
Pour mixture into a large bowl and add Rice
Krispies. Mix all together until all the Rice Krispies are coated
in marshmallow.
Use an Ice-cream scoop to get the snowmen’s
body shapes, mould with buttered hands, compact together and then set the
bodies to a side.
To make the heads, roll smaller amounts of
mixture and mould with buttered hands, set aside to firm.
To make fondant hats, roll out coloured
fondant, about half a centimetre thick, cut 8 circles using a small round
cutter (about 4cm), then shape a little top of the hat and glue together with a
little water.
Make 16 sausages of fondant then twist
together to make the scarves.
Shape 8 carrot noses.
Many thanks. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all. X
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