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Alright y’all, it’s time for a recipe that will literally change your life. With this no-bake recipe, you can now have cookies in your house in under five minutes. Yes, you heard that right; homemade cookies in under five lil’ ol’ minutes. Absolutely life-changing. Never again will you have to stand in the middle of a hot sweltering kitchen during the summer months waiting anxiously for cookies to come out of an oven. Instead, you can spend a whole two to three minutes in front of a stove stirring sugar, corn syrup, and coconut oil or butter together. Two to three minutes isn’t even enough time in front of a stove to break a sweat.
So, what makes these cookies so much better than the average no-bake cereal cookie? Well, first of all, we’re using a rice flake cereal instead of a corn flake cereal, which results in a much lighter cookie, both in color, texture, and flavor. Next, we’re replacing granulated sugar with light brown sugar, which has much more flavor. Then, by adding just a tablespoon of butter flavored organic coconut oil or unsalted butter to this recipe, we give these cookies a truly homemade just-baked cookie flavor that simply no one can resist. And finally, there’s just a little sprinkle of salt to bring everything together and create a sweet and salty taste that is truly divine.
Whether you’re spending your days at the pool, floating on the lake, or swimming in the ocean this summer, there really is just no acceptable excuse not to make these no-bake peanut butter cereal cookies for your family and friends. They’re a sweet and salty dessert treat that pretty much everyone will fall head-over-heels for with so little effort involved on your part. Heck, if I were you, I wouldn’t even let anyone know just how easy they are to make. Go ahead and let everyone think you spent hours slaving away in a hot kitchen over them. In return, maybe you can convince someone else to cook dinner and do the dishes, leaving you more time to enjoy the warm summer weather outside.
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups Rice Cereal
- 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1/2 Cup Light Corn Syrup
- 1 Tablespoon Butter Flavored Organic Coconut Oil or Unsalted Butter
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
- Fleur de Sel or Ground Sea Salt
Directions:
- Place the cereal in a large glass or metal mixing bowl; set aside.
- In a large saucepan, over medium heat, stir the sugar, corn syrup, and coconut oil or butter together. Cook until the sugar is completely dissolved, stirring constantly. Do not allow to come to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the vanilla and then the peanut butter until well combined.
- Coat the cereal with the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine.
- Use a large spoon or a small cookie scoop to place mounds of the coated cereal mixture onto a Silpat or wax paper-lined baking sheet.
- Immediately top each cookie with a light sprinkling of Fleur de Sel or ground sea salt.
- Allow the cookies to cool and firm up before storing in an airtight container between sheets of wax paper.
Suggestions:
- Make sure to have your cereal already in a bowl before starting this recipe, your baking sheet prepared, and your vanilla and peanut butter pre-measured. This recipe goes fast.
- Stir the cereal and peanut butter mixture together as fast as you can and form your cookies quickly before the entire mixture starts to firm up.
- I crush the Fleur de Sel between my fingers as I sprinkle it onto the cookies to ensure that each cookie isn’t overloaded with salt. You can replace the Fleur de Sel with a sprinkling of normal ground sea salt, or leave it out altogether if you choose.
Improvements:
- Add a few tablespoons of chia seeds to the no-bake cookies.
- Top each cookie with a drizzle of melted chocolate.
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups Rice Cereal
- 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1/2 Cup Light Corn Syrup
- 1 Tablespoon Butter Flavored Organic Coconut Oil or Unsalted Butter
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
- Fleur de Sel
Directions:
- Place the cereal in a large glass or metal mixing bowl; set aside.
- In a large saucepan, over medium heat, stir the sugar, corn syrup, and coconut oil or butter together. Cook until the sugar is completely dissolved, stirring constantly. Do not allow to come to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the vanilla and then the peanut butter until well combined.
- Coat the cereal with the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine.
- Use a large spoon or a small cookie scoop to place mounds of the coated cereal mixture onto a Silpat or wax paper-lined baking sheet.
- Immediately top each cookie with a light sprinkling of Fleur de Sel or ground sea salt.
- Allow the cookies to cool and firm up before storing in an airtight container between sheets of wax paper.
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