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Green Tea Granola
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Green Tea Granola

Toss a cereal mix that's loaded with flavor: mango, cranberry, cashew, sesame, honey and green tea. Yum! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:2 hr
makes:20 servings (1/2 cup each)

6cups Fiber One® Honey Clusters® cereal
1cup cashew halves
1cup sesame sticks
1/4cup packed brown sugar
1/2cup strong brewed green tea (2 bags per 1/2 cup hot water)
2tablespoons honey
2tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
1/2cup chopped dried mangoes
1/2cup sweetened dried cranberries
1.Heat oven to 250°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, cashews and sesame sticks.
2.In 1-quart saucepan, mix brown sugar, tea, honey and oil. Cook over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until brown sugar is melted. Pour mixture over cereal; toss to coat well. Spread mixture in pan.
3.Bake 30 minutes. Stir well. Bake 10 minutes longer. Stir in mangoes and cranberries. Cool completely in pan, about 1 hour. Store in tightly covered container.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 30 minutes. After stirring, bake 15 to 20 minutes longer.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 180 (Calories from Fat 45); Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 115mg; Total Carbohydrate 30g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 15g); Protein 3g % Daily Value*: Vitamin A 6%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 MyPyramid Servings: 1/2 oz-equivalents Grains 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 1/2 oz-equivalents Grains

 
 
 
1 Review

 

Green Tea Granola
My daughter and I liked this. Good healthy altenrative to the crackers and chips we eat just because they are available. We substituted pecans for 1/2 of the cashews and did not use the cranberries.
Posted at 10:28 AM on September 25 2007 by Holly1964 , Gresham OR