This handwritten Microwave Cereal Bars recipe comes from the Snacks section of My Mom’s Recipe Box. The transcription preserves the card’s original wording, abbreviations, and visible correction.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp. butter or oleo
- 25 lg. or 3 1/2 c. mini-marshmallows
- 5 cups any cereal (crunch, cheerios, etc., chex
Directions
Butter pan for mix. Place butter & marshmallows in micro-bowl. Heat 1 1/2-3 mins. Stir after 1 min until melted & smooth. Stir in cereal. Press in pan. Let sit till firm.
Preservation Notes
This recipe is handwritten on an index card. In the first direction, one word was crossed out and mix. was written above it. The correction is preserved in the scan and documented separately rather than silently removed from the record.
Notes From the Original
The first direction contains a visible correction: an unreadable crossed-out word was replaced with mix. The transcription follows the visible replacement. The ingredient list also leaves the parenthesis after the cereal examples open, as it appears on the original card.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
