60 in 60: Day 3- Butter Crunch Clusters

Today's cookie: Butter Crunch Clusters

Today's Recipe: Found here

Butter Crunch Clusters

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon corn syrup

2 cups Cheerio-shaped cereal

1 cup salted peanuts

Heat butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat until melted.

Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup.

Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat.

Stir in cereal and peanuts until well coated.

At this point, because of a minor kitchen accident, I had to add another cup of butter, a few handfuls of brown sugar, and another tablespoon of corn syrup to the recipe because the mixture fell apart in the pot as I was cleaning the mess off the floor (barefoot, FTW).

Drop mixture by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; cool.

For the most part, this was an easy recipe. I'd just recommend having all the ingredients measured out in non-breakable cups beforehand, otherwise you'll just have brown sugar and corn syrup coated cereal with peanuts in a pot. Probably because of my klutz, these cookies didn't really stay together too well. I'm sure you could replace the cheerios and peanuts with Honey Nut O's and still have the same taste with less ingredients.

Recipe Yield: n/a

My Yield: About 3 dozen