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Children's Crispy Chocolate Peanut Bars

Time15 minutes
YieldsMakes 16 bars
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Trying to learn cooking when you’re grown up can be hard. Adults worry too much about cooking and baking failures.

But it’s easier for children. (Think of how they take to computers.) Mastering basic kitchen skills young will stand them in good stead all their lives.

Many years ago, I taught a group of Southern California Brownies how to cook and bake. The children loved this class and enjoyed giving these cookies to family and friends.

The Children’s Mock Macaroons are simple and quick to make and require no knife work. This is a very good cookie with crisp brown edges and a chewy center. The Children’s Crispy Chocolate Peanut Bars are also a good lesson, and they are easily mixed in a saucepan and don’t require baking.

Make these together with your children and you’ll have a nice time in the kitchen.

Cunningham’s newest book is “Learning to Cook With Marion Cunningham (Alfred A. Knopf, 1999).

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Place corn syrup, brown sugar and salt in medium saucepan and stir to mix ingredients well. Turn heat to medium-high and bring mixture to boil, 1 to 2 minutes. (Stand by stove and keep your eye on mixture). As soon as it reaches full boil, remove saucepan from heat. Add peanut butter and stir until mixture is smooth and blended. Cool 5 minutes.

2

Stir in vanilla, rice cereal and corn flakes, and when they are almost completely mixed in, add chocolate chips. Continue stirring until cereal is thoroughly blended--chocolate will melt slightly, forming a marbled pattern. Press and pat mixture evenly into greased 8-inch-square baking dish; chill in refrigerator until firm, 2 hours. Cut into 2-inch squares.

Easy recipe.