Make these extraordinary bars that are filled with flavor – rum, coconut, raisins, cherries plus Chex® cereal for crunch – mmmm good!
Rum Raisin Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 36
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rum
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 2 1/4 cups Wheat Chex™ or Multi-Bran Chex™ cereal
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped well-drained maraschino cherries
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, pour rum over raisins; let stand 1 hour. Drain, reserving rum if desired.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. Spray with cooking spray or grease 13x9-inch pan. Crush cereal. (To easily crush cereal, place in plastic bag or between sheets of waxed paper, and crush with rolling pin.)
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Step3In large bowl, stir brown sugar, butter, water (or 1/4 cup reserved rum) and egg until blended. Stir in cereal, raisins and remaining ingredients. Spread in pan.
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Step4Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Store tightly covered.
Nutrition
120
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
19g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 95mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 85mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 19g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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