Cranberry-oat Cereal Bars

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• nonstick cooking spray
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 (10 ounce) bag marshmallows
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups toasted oat cereal
• 1 cup dried cranberries or 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 spray a 1o-by-15-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
• 2 line with waxed paper; spray paper with cooking spray, and set aside.
• 3 in a large saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat.
• 4 add marshmallows and salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows have melted, about 5 minutes.
• 5 remove from heat, and stir in cereal and dried cranberries.
• 6 immediately transfer mixture to prepared baking sheet.
• 7 using a spatula (or your fingers) coated with cooking spray, press in quickly and firmly.
• 8 let cool, about 1 hour; cut into 24 bars (3 rows lengthwise by 8 rows crosswise).
• 9 store in an airtight container up to 2 days.