VOL. XIII
NO. 014
Bottle & Flame
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EST. MMXIII
LAKE OSWEGO, OR
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Extra-Bold Savory Chex Mix
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Extra-Bold Savory Chex Mix

Prep10 minutes
Cook1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 boxes of Chex cereal (I only ever use corn and rice)
  • 1-2 bag of your favorite pretzels (I used waffle pretzels and pretzel balls)
  • 4 bags of garlic bagel chips
  • 1 small container mixed nuts or peanuts
  • 2-3 sticks of melted butter, melted** (you can use 2 sticks of butter, but I always use 3 sticks)
  • 6-8 TBSP Worcestershire sauce + MORE shakes
  • 4 tsp seasoning salt + MORE shakes
  • 4 tsp garlic powder + MORE shakes
  • 4 tsp onion powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
  2. In a separate bowl, melt the butter in the microwave butter. Add the Worcestershire Sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and onion powder together until combined.
  3. Add half of the cereal bag of Rice Chex to a large baking dish (I use two large metal roasting dishes, so I add half of the bag to each baking dish). *The size of my pans are 13. 75 x 10. 37 x 3.75 inches
  4. Drizzle a few tablespoons over the Rice Chex.
  5. Next, pour half of the box of Corn Chex over the top of the Rice Chex. Spread evenly
  6. Drizzle a couple more tablespoons of the butter mixture over the top of the Corn Chex cereal.
  7. Open the bags of the garlic bagel chips and add two bags each to each pan. Spead evening
  8. Drizzle a couple more tablespoons of the butter mixture over the top of the garlic bagel chips.
  9. Open the bag(s) of your favorite pretzels (I use 2 bags because my family loves pretzels) and half of each of the bags into each pan and spread evenly.
  10. Drizzle a couple more tablespoons of the butter mixture over the top of the pretzels.
  11. Open the small container of mixed nuts or peanuts and evenly distribute them into the pans.
  12. Drizzle a couple more tablespoons of the butter mixture over the top the nuts.
  13. Now, gently mix the layers together with a rubber spatula. (You don’t want to crush and smash the cereal here, so a rubber spatula is best).
  14. Once the ingredients are mixed, drizzle the remaining butter mixture evenly between the two pans.
  15. Gently mix the ingredients together until combined. The butter mixture will not be on every piece of cereal, bagel chip, nut, or pretzel.
  16. {you can skip this step if you like} *At this point, I gently shake garlic powder and seasoning salt over the top layer of each pan. I also gently shake a tiny bit of Worcestershire Sauce as well. I am not generous at this point, it is more of a light dusting on the top layer.
  17. Place in the oven for 15 minutes.
  18. Take the pans out once the timer goes off and gently mix with the rubber spatula.
  19. {you can skip this step if you like}*I once again gently shake garlic powder, seasoning salt over the top layer, and sometimes more Worcestershire. Place back in the oven for another 15 minutes.
  20. Repeat an additional three more times for a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes baking time in the oven. **The reason I add the additional 15 minutes is because I use so much butter. You absolutely can cut 1 stick of butter if you like and only use 2 sticks of butter instead of 3 and you will not need the extra 15 minutes of baking time.
  21. In the last half hour to 45 minutes of baking time, I may or may not add more garlic powder and seasoning salt and/or Worcestershire Sauce. It all depends on how salty it is tasting AND yes, when you take it out after each 15-minute interval - give it a taste to see if is bold and savory enough!
  22. Leave in the pans to cool down or you can spread it out on to sheet pans if you like. I never do because I already have a ton of dishes to do and don’t want to wash any more than necessary.

Originally published at www-tiarastantrums-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Reproduced for personal collection.

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