Healthified Ginger-Rice Crunch

 

1/4

cup packed brown sugar

2

tablespoons margarine or butter

1/4

cup honey

1 1/2

teaspoons ground ginger or cardamom

6

cups Rice Chex® cereal

1

cup dried banana chips

1/3

cup unblanched whole almonds

1/4

cup flaked coconut

1/2

cup sweetened dried cranberries or dried pineapple

• 1 Heat oven to 250°F. Spray large roasting pan with cooking spray (without flour). In 1-quart saucepan, heat brown sugar, butter, honey and ginger to boiling. Remove from heat; cool slightly.
• 2 In roasting pan, mix cereal, banana chips, almonds and coconut. Stir in brown sugar mixture until evenly coated.
• 3 Bake uncovered 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on waxed paper; cool about 15 minutes. Place in serving bowl; stir in cranberries. Store tightly covered at room temperature.