La Choy Honey Nut Crunch Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 (5 ounce) cans la choy crispy thin chow mein noodles
• 1 (6 1/2 ounce) can salted mixed nuts

Recipe

• 1 grease a 9" square baking pan, or spray well with non-stick spray.
• 2 place the butter, honey, brown sugar and cinnamon into a 3-quart saucepan.
• 3 bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• 4 boil for one minute, and remove from heat.
• 5 immediately add vanilla, then noodles, and gently stir until all the noodles are coated.
• 6 stir in the nuts.
• 7 scrape the mixture into the prepared pan and pat down level using wax paper to protect your hands and make it easier to give it a flat surface.
• 8 let the mixture stand at least one hour before cutting into bars with a very large, heavy knife.
• 9 note: i find it easier to remove the whole thing in one piece to a cutting board and then slice them.
• 10 makes about 24 bars, depending on how large you slice them.