12/19/2023 0 Comments Star crunch cookiesWhile it is challenging to recreate processed foods in a clean way, I think my healthy take on the Little Debbie Star Crunch recipe is the perfect reminder of what used to be. It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a Star Crunch, but I still remember what they taste like: crunchy, soft, and chocolaty. That’s one turn off of an ingredients list. Contains 2% or Less of Each of the Following: Whey (Milk), Cocoa, Raisins, Molasses, Salt, Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides, Sorbitan Monostearate, Polysorbate 60), Colors (Caramel Color, Red 40, Titanium Dioxide, Annatto Extract, Beta Carotene, Yellow 5, Turmeric, Blue 1), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Natural and Artificial Flavors, Eggs, Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Sorbic Acid (to Retain Freshness), Citric Acid, Pectin, Egg Whites, Sodium Citrate, Coconut (Sulfite Treated to Preserve Color), Dried Apples (Sulfite Treated to Preserve Color), Nonfat Dry Milk, Carrageenan, Spices. Sugar, Corn Syrup, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Crisp Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar, Whey, Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Flour, Dextrose), Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Whole Grain Oats, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil with TBHQ to Preserve Flavor (Contributes a Trivial Amount of Trans Fat), Water, Dextrose, Palm Kernel and Soybean Oils. I am always reading ingredients lists so, out of curiosity, I took a look at was I was eating when I happily enjoyed eating a Star Crunch. I hate for things to go to waste, and the cereal still tasted fine, so I knew this challenge of recreating Star Crunch treats was going to be the push I needed to finally put it to good use. I hate to admit it, but this box of brown rice cereal was in my kitchen for so long that it had a “Use By” date of some time in 2014. I bought a box of brown rice cereal a while ago thinking that I was going to make a healthier version of rice crispy treats, but never got around to it. With the Recipe Redux, I pulled ingredients in my pantry out of the darkness and into the light. An ingredient or spice that doesn’t get used gets slowly pushed to the back of the cabinet until we forget it was even there. This month’s Recipe Redux challenge was to do some kitchen spring-cleaning.
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