Cheerios Treat - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. margarine
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
6 c. Cheerios
1 c. salted Spanish peanuts
1 c. raisins

Preparation

Heat brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup and salt in pan.
Cook over medium heat.
Stir constantly until bubbly around edges. Cook uncovered 2 minutes longer.
Remove from heat.
Stir in soda until foamy and light colored.
Pour over cereal, peanuts and raisins in greased bowl.
Spread evenly in greased cookie sheet. Bake at 250\u00b0 for 15 minutes; stir and let stand just until cool, 10 minutes.
Loosen mixture with metal spatula.
Let stand until firm, about 30 minutes.
Break into bite size pieces.
Makes approximately 10 cups.