Recipe#4351

Title: Cheerio Nuggets

From: Dave & Laurie dlhammer@ix.netcom.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.preserving 
 Subject: CHEERIO TREATS 
 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:56:22 -0800 
 Message-ID: <36AB5EC6.2124@ix.netcom.com> 

1 cup packed brown sugar
 1/2 cup softened oreo (margarine) or butter
 1/4 cup lite corn syrup
 1/2 tsp salt
 1/2 tsp baking soda
 6 cups cheerios
 1 cup spanish peanuts
 1 cup yellow raisins
 Heat oven to 250. Grease 2 rectangle pans 13x9 or 1 jelly rol pan
 15 1/2 x 10 1/2. Heat brown sugar, oleo, corn syrup & salt in 2 qt
 sauce pan over med. heat, stirring constantly, till bubbly around
 edges. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally 2 minutes longer.
 Remove from heat, stir in soda till foamy & light in color. Pour
 over cereal, peanuts and raisins in a 4 qt bowl. Stir until mixture
 is coated. Spread evenly in pans. Bake 15 minutes. Stir, let stand
 just until cool, about 10 minutes. Loosen with spatula. Let stand
 till firm, about 30 minutes.  Break into bite size pieces. Makes
 about 10 cups.