Cook : 00:30
Kind of a healthier version of peanut brittle, that starts with honey-nut cereal for taste as well as nutrition.
1 cup (225 g) packed brown sugar
½ cup (112 g) unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup (60 ml) light corn syrup
½ teaspoon baking soda6 cups (180 g) honey-nut-flavored roundtoasted oat cereal, such as Honey NutCheerios
1 cup (145 g) peanuts1 cup (145 g) raisins
Heat oven to 250°F (120°C, gas mark ½).
Coat 2 rectangular pans, 13 × 9 × 2inches, (33 × 23 × 5 cm) or 1 jelly-rollpan, 15½ × 10½ × 1 inch (37 × 25 × 2.5cm), with nonstick vegetable oil spray.Heat brown sugar, butter, and corn syrupin 2-quart (2-L) saucepan over mediumheat, stirring constantly, until bubblyaround edges. Cook uncovered, stirringoccasionally, 2 minutes longer. Removefrom heat; stir in baking soda until foamyand light colored. Pour over cereal,peanuts, and raisins in 4-quart (4 L) bowlcoated with nonstick vegetable oil spray;stir until mixture is coated. Spread evenlyin pans. Bake 15 minutes; stir. Let standjust until cool, about 10 minutes. Loosenmixture with metal spatula. Let stand untilfirm, about 30 minutes. Break into bite-size pieces.
Yield: 24 servings
Each with: 4 g water; 144 calories (30% fromfat, 4% from protein, 66% from carb); 2 gprotein; 5 g total fat; 3 g saturated fat; 1 gmonounsaturated fat; 0 g polyunsaturated fat; 25g carb; 1 g fiber; 17 g sugar; 49 mg phosphorus;48 mg calcium; 2 mg iron; 90 mg sodium; 127mg potassium; 285 IU vitamin A; 82 mg vitaminE; 2 mg vitamin C; 10 mg cholesterol