I was never a huge cereal fan at all growing up - at least when it came to eating it for breakfast. But I snacked on the plain stuff like nobody's business, and thought I'd never fall in love with the sweeter types until I tasted Cinnamon Toast Crunch at a friend's place.
Oh. My. Gosh. Now, I love cinnamon raisin bread, especially toasted with lashings of cultured butter, but I never thought that same flavour could make it into a cold, dry cereal. It was sweet enough to matter (and count as a decent snack / ice cream topping), but not cloyingly gross like the candy-stuffed varieties out there. I don't think I'd ever be able to have it for breakfast though (definitely not with milk - milk in cereal is nasty no matter what common practice is ;-) ). Like I said, I'm just not a cereal for breakfast person.
Snacks, on the other hand, I thoroughly endorse and love. My sister, home for the weekend from university, wanted to carve a pumpkin for Hallowe'en this year since she missed out on her last two while in a different school 4 hours away, and on the weekend we picked up two of them from the local farm. Being the
Submitted to Gluten-Free Monday #5
Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Seeds
Makes 2 cups, 8 (1/4-cup) servings
Makes 2 cups, 8 (1/4-cup) servings
2 cups pumpkin seeds (about 1-2 jack-o-lantern's worth!)
1 tsp canola oil
1 1/2 tbsp raw sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp canola oil
1 1/2 tbsp raw sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 325 F and line a baking sheet with foil.
- Toss the seeds, oil, sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl until the seeds are well coated.
- Spread the seeds out in one layer on the baking sheet.
- Bake 10 minutes, then stir and bake a further 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and pour into a bowl to cool.
Calories: 86.9
Total Fat: 3.7 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 93.2 mg
Total Carbs: 11.3 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
Protein: 3.0 g
Total Fat: 3.7 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 93.2 mg
Total Carbs: 11.3 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
Protein: 3.0 g
Ooh! Sounds awesome! LOVE the pumpkin seeds, especially since we can get them in this country!
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