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Honey-Nut Snack Mix




Source of Recipe


by Laurel, from Southern Living "Our Best Recipes"


Recipe Introduction


A note accompanying the recipe suggests you sprinkle this mix on yogurt for breakfast. I think that would be great, but I like it alone, too. It's addicting.


List of Ingredients




4 cups toasted oat bran cereal
2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans or cashews
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (I used Saigon cinnamon)
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 (6-ounce) package Craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)

Recipe



Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside.

Stir together butter, brown sugar, and honey in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until butter melts and sugar dissolves.

Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture, stirring to coat. Spread in a single layer on an aluminum foil-lined 15- by 10-inch jellyroll pan. Bake at 325° for 20 minutes, stirring once. Stir in cranberries, and bake 5 more minutes. Spread immediately on wax paper; cool. Store snack mix in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Laurel's Notes: I couldn't find Quaker Oat Bran cereal so I used Quaker Oatmeal Squares (the ones in the blue box) and I used a combination of pecans and cashews, instead of one cup of one kind. I used a heaping 1/2-cup of each. I baked this mix on the non-stick aluminum foil and it slid right off when I went to put it on the waxed paper to cool. Very slick.