Honey-cardamom Crunch

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups crisp rice cereal squares such as rice chex
• 2 cups tiny pretzel twists
• 1 cup whole almond (i prefer blanched)
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 cup dried cranberries (i used trader joe's orange flavored cranberries)

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients in a large roasting pan and stir well.
• 2 combine brown sugar, butter, honey and cardamom in a medium saucepan.
• 3 place over medium heat and cook until blended, stirring often.
• 4 pour brown sugar mixture over cereal mixture and toss to coat.
• 5 bake at 300f for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
• 6 stir in cranberries after removing from oven and spread mixture on a baking sheet to cool completely.
• 7 store in an airtight container.