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20
Servings
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10 min
Preparation Time
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60 min
Cook Time
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Looking for an easy snack the whole family will love? Try this recipe for Oatmeal Squares Snack mix. It’s made with common baking ingredients plus cereal and peanuts. Together these ingredients create a chewy yet crunchy snack mix that is yummy year-round.
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz box Quaker® Oatmeal Squares - Honey Nut
- 1 ½ cups roasted Spanish peanuts
- 8 tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp dark corn syrup
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp salt (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
Cooking Instructions
- Heat oven to 250°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with wax paper.
- In 13 x 9-inch baking pan, combine oatmeal cereal squares and peanuts.
- In small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses and salt. Bring to a boil. Stir well.
- Boil 2 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla and baking soda; mix well.
- Immediately pour over cereal mixture; stir with wooden spoon to evenly coat all pieces with syrup mixture.
- Bake 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Transfer to prepared cookie sheets, spreading mixture into even layer.
- Cool completely. Break into bite-size pieces. Store tightly covered at room temperature.
Makes 10 cups (about 20 1/2 cup servings).
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- Calories 240
- Fat 11g
- Saturated Fat 4g
- Cholesterol 10mg
- Sodium 210mg
- Total Carbohydrate 32g
- Fiber 3g
- Sugar 16g
- Protein 5g
- Calcium 6%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Vitamin C 4%
- Vitamin A 6%
- Potassium 7%
- Iron 40%
- Thiamin 10%
- Magnesium 10%
- Whole grain 17g
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
