Chai Crunch

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon instant nonfat dry milk powder or 1 teaspoon non-fat coffee creamer
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon dried orange peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups corn chex
• 3 cups wheat chex
• 3 cups honey nut cheerios
• 1 cup dried banana pieces
• 1 1/2 cups sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 300º.
• 2 in 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• 3 remove from heat and stir in honey, dry milk, all seasonings and vanilla until well mixed.
• 4 in 15x11 roasting pan, mix all remaining ingredients. pour butter mixture over cereal; toss until evenly coated.
• 5 bake at 300 for 45-60 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 15 minutes.
• 6 pour mixture onto waxed paper or paper towels.
• 7 cool 15 minutes before serving.
• 8 store in tightly covered container.
• 9 note: for spicier flavor, omit dried milk. if dried milk is used, flavor will be less spicy and a little sweeter.