Coat cereal, nuts, pretzels, and dried fruit with a buttery brown sugar glaze. Pack this mix in school lunches or share it at the office.
Here's the skinny:
2 tablespoons butter >
nonstick cooking spray
4 cups coarsely broken graham crackers >
4 cups Corn Chex® cereal
3 cups animal crackers >
3 cups Rice Chex® cereal
2/3 cup chopped candied almonds >
2/3 cup sliced almonds
3/4 cup packed brown sugar >
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter >
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons light-color corn syrup >
2 tablespoons light-color corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon baking soda >
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
3/4cup dried sweetened orange-flavor cranberries >
3/4 cup dried cranberries, blueberries, or cherries
Nutritional Highlights
180 (before)
110 (after)
6 g (before)
3 1/2 g (after)
2 1/2 g (before)
1 1/2 g (after)
Nonstick cooking spray
4 cups Corn Chex® cereal
3 cups Rice Chex® cereal
2 cups pretzel knots
2/3 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4cup butter
2 tablespoons light-color corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup dried cranberries, blueberries, or cherries
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1 Lightly coat a large piece of foil with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. In a large roasting pan, toss together cereals, pretzels, and almonds; set aside.
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2 Preheat oven to 300ºF. In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture just begins to bubble. Continue cooking at a moderate, steady rate, without stirring, for 5 minutes more. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in baking soda. Pour over cereal mixture; stir gently to coat.
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3 Bake for 15 minutes; stir cereal mixture and bake for 5 minutes more. Remove from oven; stir in dried fruit. Spread on prepared foil to cool. Store in an airtight container.
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Nutritional Information
24 Servings:
Calories 110 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 160mg; Total Carbohydrate 19g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 8g); Protein 2g
% Daily Value
Vitamin C 4%; Calcium 4%; Iron 15%
Exchanges
1 Starch, 0 Other Carbohydrate, 1/2 Fat
Carbohydrate Choices
1
