Hey guys it’s Ro! Today I’m gonna be making some DIY 4th of July Treats!
I got so many requests from you guys to make something for the holiday, and it
is right around the corner!
Today we’re gonna be making 3 treats, the first treat that we’re gonna be making
are these Rice Krispies Fruit Kabobs!
The things you’ll need will be: 6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal, some lollipop sticks,
4 cups of mini marshmallows, fresh blueberries, strawberries, 3 tablespoons of
butter, a star cookie cutter, and, a little bit of ribbon for decoration.
You can use any patriotic color, but I’m gonna be using white.
The first thing that we’re gonna do to make our kabobs is we are going to make
some homemade Rice Krispies treats. We’re gonna take our butter, cereal,
marshmallows, and our saucepan, with our spatula, over to the stove!
Turn your heat to low, and then add your butter to the saucepan and melt it down.
Add the marshmallows and continue to stir until completely melted.
Then, pour your marshmallow mix on the top of your cereal and carefully fold
together until everything is well combined!
Then you’re gonna take your bowl back over to the baking station!
Our Krispies are fresh off the stove, they’re still warm, they smell so good!
Someone may have snuck a few bites already. Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm….
Now we’re gonna pour them into this baking sheet to let them set.
My baking sheet is about 2 inches high, all the way around.
Look at that! Yum-yum-yum! So gooey!
Just a reminder, I lined my cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper and sprayed
it with a little bit of baking spray so that the Krispies won’t stick to the bottom.
Then I’m using an offset spatula, this one’s pretty large, and I’m gonna use it
to flatten down my Krispies, and work it into the corners of the pan.
Once your Krispies are packed in there, we’re gonna set this off to the side and we're gonna
prepare our berries.
I’ve washed all of the berries ahead of time, and we’re gonna start by cutting
our strawberries.
We’re gonna cut off the little leafy hat, and then we’re gonna do this to the rest
of our strawberries. Our fruit is ready, our Rice Krispies have set out at room
temperature for about 30 minutes, I’m taking my little cookie cutter and I’m just
gonna cut it out into the pan, I’m gonna place them over here, onto my cutting
board, and then you can make as many of these as you'd like.
After you cut out all of your Krispy stars, it is time to assemble!
I’m gonna be taking a lollipop stick, and we’re gonna start with a strawberry,
Insert your lollipop stick to the top of the strawberry, then we’re gonna add
2 blueberries, then top it off with a little star on top.
Da-dew! It’s all assembled, and you can stop right here if you want to, but I’m
gonna be adding a little extra detail, just for fun!
Take our little ribbons, I’ve just cut a little amount, and first we’re gonna tie
a knot, then I’m gonna make a little loop here, bring this one around, just like
you’re tying your shoe. Once you have your bow tied, you’re just gonna
push it up, underneath your strawberry. Then we’ll do this to the rest of our kabobs.
Ta-da! Here are our Rice Krispy Fruit Kabobs that we made, and now onto our second
treat, 4th of July Sprinkle Cones!
These are also really easy and simple to make, and I like them because you can
decorate them with different sprinkles and patriotic colors.
The things you’ll need, will be: Sugar Cones, White Candy Melts, Red, White and Blue
star sprinkles, jimmies, and nonpareils.
The first thing that I did is I melted my white candy melts by heating them up in the
microwave, and I really love this treat because it is so easy!
You’re gonna take a little cone, and you’re gonna dip it into the melted candy
melts, spin it all the way around. Then let the excess candy melt drip off,
into the bowl, and I’m just gonna take a pinch of whatever sprinkles or decoration
you want to put on here. Then I’m gonna place it over here onto a cookie sheet
lined with a piece of parchment paper, and now you can make as many little
cones as you want.
And there we have it! Here are all of our 4th of July Sprinkle Cones!
I love this idea if you’re throwing a little party and you have an ice cream
station, guests can pick their favorite little cone and scoop a helping of ice cream!
The last treat that we’re gonna be making is a Banana Custard Flag Pie!
The things you will need to make the dough will be: 2-1/2 cups of all purpose flour,
1/2 a cup of salted butter, cubed and chilled, 1/2 a cup of butter flavored
shortening cubed and chilled, 6 tablespoons of buttermilk chilled, 2 tablespoons
of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 a vanilla bean, and a pie plate.
For the Pastry cream you will need 6 egg yolks, 3 cups of whole milk, 1/2 a cup
and 2 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of butter, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of
cornstarch, 1 vanilla bean, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt.
Then to decorate you’re gonna need fresh raspberries, blackberries, ReddiWip and
bananas, om-nom-nom-nom-nom!
The first thing that we’re gonna do is make our pie crust. In a big mixing bowl we
are gonna add our flour, sugar, salt and 1/2 of a fresh vanilla bean.
I’ve cut a little slit down the middle, put a little pressure at the top,
pull all the way down, getting all of the vanilla beans out.
Then you’re gonna put all of the vanilla beans in the bowl.
Using your hands, you’re gonna mix it all together so just be sure you have
clean hands. Now we’re gonna add our butter and our shortening.
Then again, using your hands you’re gonna work your butter into the dry ingredients
until it resembles coarse meal.
Now we can add our buttermilk, I’m just gonna drizzle it over the top.
Now we’re gonna get really messy, we’re gonna use our hands 1 last time.
Don’t worry if you dough ends up a little bit on the dry side, because that
means when it bakes it will just be really flaky, and that’s what I’m going for!
Just keep working the buttermilk in until you can form a ball.
Da-dew! We’ve got our ball of dough and now I’m gonna wrap it up in some
food plastic wrap. I’m gonna press it down, I’m kind of making a disc shape.
We’re gonna place this in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
But, you can make this the night before an event or a party because it can sit
in the fridge and chill for up to 24 hours.
Our dough is nice and chilled, it’s chilled for 2 hours and now we’re gonna
roll it out flat. So I’ve got a little bit of flour here and I’m just gonna sprinkle
it on top of our work surface so that the dough won’t stick.
Now I’m gonna unwrap my dough.
Hawwwwwggghhhh! You guys, we’re gonna do some baking flair.
1, 2, 3…
YES! I love it.
Oh-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Oh my gosh!
You’re just gonna sprinkle a little bit of flour on top of our dough.
And then we’re gonna roll it out!
We’ve got our dough all rolled out and now we’re gonna pick it up and place it
into our pie pan. Here I’ve sprayed the pie pan with a little bit of baking
spray so that the dough doesn’t stick while it’s baking. And then, we’re gonna
start at 1 end and roll up the sides, then we just gently pick up and flop it over!
Using your fingers again, you’re just gonna pat all the way around you’re gonna
want to make sure your crust is touching all of the edges of the pan.
Then we’re just gonna take off some excess dough. Now we’re gonna get a little
fancy. We’re gonna design the edge of the pie, I started it right over here and I’m
just gonna keep working around.
So you’re just gonna take your edge right here that’s really uneven and you’re gonna
tuck it under and then press it into the pie pans.
So just fold, and press.
This parts totally optional, but I’m gonna add a few pointed edges all the way
around, just to kind of give the pie a star feel.
So you’re gonna use your pincher fingers, on your left hand, and your thumb,
place your thumb down and pinch around it. Place your thumb down, pinch
around it. And you’re just gonna do this all the way around the pie.
Our pie crust design is all ready, now we’re gonna dock it, using a fork.
This is just poking a bunch of little holes all over our crust so that when it
bakes you don’t get a lot of bubbles so it distorts it.
Now I’m gonna pop this in the freezer to chill for 1 hour, so that while it’s
baking it will hold its shape a little better.
Our pie crust has chilled in the freezer and now we are ready to bake, but
before we bake we’ve gotta fill it with beans!
This is a neat little trick so that while it’s baking it doesn’t distort.
Just be sure to get food safe food wrap because this kind you can bake.
Then we’re gonna go the other way, and 1 more this way!
Now I’m gonna pour a bunch of white, uncooked beans into the middle, like this.
We’re gonna spread ‘em around, you want to fill ‘em to the top. And now we're gonna
connect all of the food wrap, up at the top.
Over here I’ve got 1 egg and just a little splash of cream, and a little baking
brush, and I’m just gonna lightly brush the outside crust, along the edges, so that
they’ll turn a nice golden brown.
The pie crust is prepped and it’s ready to bake, you’re gonna heat your oven to 350
degrees and then bake the pie crust for 40 minutes.
After 40 minutes, you’re gonna open your oven, be careful! It’s gonna be really hot,
don’t burn yourself, and you’re gonna gently remove your bean bag.
And then you’re gonna close your oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
Now we’re gonna make our pastry cream filling.
In a big mixing bowl, we’re gonna combine our salt, sugar, and cornstarch and
whisk it all together. Once our dry ingredients are well combined, now you’re gonna
pour in the milk and then we’re gonna whisk together. Lastly, we’re gonna
be adding our eggs, remember for this recipe we’re just gonna be using the egg yolks.
And then we’re gonna whisk together 1 more time.
Then in a medium sized saucepan, we’re gonna pour in 2-1/2 cups of milk and 1
full vanilla bean!
Put a little pressure at the top, and scrape all the way down. We’re gonna add
all those beans into our saucepans. This time you can take both the pods, we’re gonna
put them right in there, give it a little bit of extra vanilla flavor, we’ll
take ‘em out later. Now we’re gonna take our saucepan and our egg mixture over
to the stove! Turn the heat to medium and whisk occasionally until the milk comes
to a scald. You’ll know it’s scalding when little bubbles start to form around the
outside of the saucepan. Turn your heat off and slowly pour the milk mixture
into the egg mixture. You want to be whisking as you’re pouring so that the eggs
don’t cook. Once combined, you’re going to pour this mixture back into the saucepan
and turn your heat to medium.
You want to whisk consistently for about 2-3 minutes until the pastry cream thickens.
When it feels like a thick vanilla pudding, it’s ready!
Our pastry cream is hot off the stove, be very careful, it is hot, and now we’re
gonna strain it. Over here I’ve got a big bowl, with a big strainer, I’m just
placing it here on the top. We are going to pour it in. It’s going to catch
our little vanilla pods, and, if there’s any cooked egg.
Then, using a spatula, I’m just going to press it through.
After you’ve strained your pastry cream, now we’re gonna add our butter and we’re
gonna whisk together until it’s melted. Once you’ve mixed in all the butter, we
are gonna cover our bowl with food safe plastic wrap to touch.
You’re gonna take your plastic wrap, bring it over the bowl, and lightly touch
the top surface. It’s important for it to touch so that it won’t form a skin.
After it’s covered we’re gonna set this off to the side, and you’re just gonna
wait until the bowl is room temperature, it takes about 30 minutes.
Time to assemble our pie, we’ve got our crust, we have our vanilla pastry cream!
And, we’ve got our bananas. To assemble this pie it is super easy, we’re gonna put
bananas on the bottom, and vanilla pastry cream on the top.
Gonna peel open your banana, and then I’m just going to cut a bunch of banana
pennies. And I'm just gonna fan them all the way around clockwise and then
work my way into the middle. I’ve lined the bottom of the pan with bananas and now
we’re gonna pour on the top, our pastry cream, yum-yum-yum!
I’m gonna remove our food plastic wrap, and I’m gonna scoop it on the top.
Then I’m gonna use a little spatula to smooth the top.
Now it’s time for my favorite part, it is time to decorate.
We’re gonna be decorating the top of this banana cream pie to look like a flag!
For the blue part of the flag I’m gonna be using blackberries, because I love them!
And, for the red and white stripes, I’m gonna be using raspberries alternating with
some whipped cream!
We’ve got all of our berries assembled, look at that!
It looks just like a flag, you could stop here, but I’m gonna add some whipped cream
because I love it!
Yeah!
Ta-da! Here are all the DIY 4th of July treats that we made today.
We made Red, White and Blue Rice Krispies Fruit Kabobs, 4th of July Sprinkle Cones
and a yummy homemade banana custard flag pie!
Om-nom-nom-nom-nom-nom-nom!
I’ll be taking lots of pictures of these treats and posting them on Facebook, Tumblr,
Instagram and Twitter, and if you guys make any themed treats, please take a picture
and send it to me! I love seeing your creations it just makes my day!
It makes me happy! I hope you guys enjoyed the video and it inspired some themed
treats for the holiday. And I hope you have a happy 4th of July!
Bye-bye!