Maple Nut Crunch

Ingredients

• 8 cups Quaker ® Life ® Toasted Cinnamon Cereal
• 1/3 cup (5-1/3 tablespoons) margarine or butter
• 1/4 cup Aunt Jemima ® Original Syrup
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts
• Heat oven to 250º F.
• Heat margarine and syrup in a 13 x 9‑inch baking pan about 7 minutes or until margarine is melted.
• Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Stir in vanilla. Add cereal and nuts, stir until evenly coated.
• Bake 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes.
• Spread on baking sheet to cool, break into pieces.
• Store in tightly covered container up to 5 days.