Maple Nut Crunch

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (note: use real maple syrup)
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 8 cups Quaker Oats Cinnamon Life cereal
• 1.5 cups chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
2. Heat butter and syrup in a 13×9 baking pan about 7 minutes, or until butter is melted.
3. Add brown sugar and stir to dissolve. Stir in vanilla extract.
4. Add cereal and nuts. Stir to evenly coat.
5. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes.
6. Spread on baking sheet to cool. Break into pieces.
7. Store in tightly covered container up to 5 days.