Last week I decided to make something that I've never made before...a salty snack mix. I made it because I was going to a party where I had to bring something salty so I figured why not make a snack mix? As y'all can probably tell, I'm all about the sweets so making something salty was definitely different for me. Since it needed to be enough to feed a lot of people and I was short on time, a snack mix was the answer. I hadn't found a recipe for this before but my mom had one so she sent it over to me. She found the recipe off a blog called Mom's Mutterings and here is the link to her recipe http://momsmutterings.blogspot.com/2010/01/low-calorie-chex-mix-new-general-mills.html. My recipe was a little different though because I used different ingredients. The recipe that I made was...
3 cups corn chex cereal
3 cups reduced-fat Cheez-Its
3 cups pretzels
1 cup mixed, salted nuts
1/4 cup margarine
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon water
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
First thing I did was find the biggest bowl we own. I added the chex cereal, Cheez-Its, pretzels, and nuts into the big bowl and began to combine them. At first I tried to use a spoon but it kept spilling everywhere so I just ended up mixing it all up with my hands. Don't worry I washed them before I did this haha. I preheated the oven to 250F and melted the margarine in the microwave for about a minute. I then added the worcestershire sauce, water, salt, and garlic powder. I do have to admit that I did have to start over because I used the wrong measure spoon but that's what learning is all about right? Tablespoons and teaspoons look too similar in my opinion but o well I'm getting used to them.
After adding all the remaining ingredients for the second time, I stirred them all together and then poured it over all the snack mix. I was a little skeptical when I was adding the two together because it didn't look like that would be enough sauce to cover everything but it ended up covering all the snack mix perfectly! I mixed everything with my clean hands again and then spread it all out on a cookie sheet to bake. This is how much snack mix we had before it went into the oven...
The bowl looks deceivingly small but it made a TON I promise.
Before the baking process began
Baking in the oven
I put the snack mix in the oven for a total of an hour. Every 15 minutes I took it out and stirred it on the sheet because that's what the recipe said to do. I'm assuming it was so that none of the pieces would get overcooked. I taste testing while mixing and it get better and better every time haha. The 2nd time I took it out of the oven, I sprinkled Parmesan cheese over the snack mix to add a little more flavoring. I also added a little more garlic power during this time because it tasted a little bland. The last time I took it out before it was done, I sprinkled Parmesan cheese over it again and mixed it all up. You don't have to add the Parmesan but it added a little extra cheesy kick. When it was finally finished baking, it was very hard to stop eating. I love pretzels so that was my favorite part but it was the best when you ate all the elements together. It was a super quick and easy snack that will please pretty much anyone unless you don't like nuts. If that's the case, just take them out and add anything to your liking. The only problem with making something like this, is that it's hard to stop eating it so needless to say I was thankful to get rid of it the next day haha.
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