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While I was growing up, my mom would often make this delicious sweet cereal. I loved it so much, I remember requesting it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

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Crunchy Breakfast Cereal Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour

Yield: 21 Servings

15 60 75

Ingredients

6 cups old-fashioned oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 cups flaked coconut
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup toasted wheat germ
1 cup all-bran cereal
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins

Directions

In a large bow, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, coconut, pecans, wheat germ and cereal. In another bowl, mix oil, water, vanilla and salt. Pour over oat mixture; toss to coat. Pour into two greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pans. Bake at 275° for 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes. Add raisins. Store in airtight container. Yield: 16 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (3/4 cup) equals 423 calories, 19 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 154 mg sodium, 59 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 8 g protein.

Originally published as Crunchy Breakfast Cereal in Cookin' Up Country Breakfasts Cookbook , p29

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Reviewed on May. 19, 2011 by Soundofsunshine

Why doesn't the recipe give the correct baking temperature!!! Is it Fahrenheit or Celsius? I used Celsius which was way too high, which means that I managed to burn my cereal!