The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

This is a favorite with my kids and requested every year, along with my dinner rolls, and this year, the sweet potato dish with marshmallows. I have made my dinner rolls for a long time, but this time, it seemed all the stars were not aligned as the bottoms burnt and they didn’t rise as much. Sigh! All the time, ingredients, and cost that goes into them and they were a failure. I’m not sure if I will have time to redo or not. I posted my tragic day on Facebook and by the response, I had good company.

This recipe has several names and Chex mix comes with many recipes. I’ve always known it as Party Mix, because of my ex-mother in law, who made it a lot for their family tavern parties. And thankfully, it’s almost fail proof. I’m thinking one could add Cheez-its or a variety of foods, but we never have.

INGREDIENTS:

1 pkg Wheat Chex 2 cubes melted butter

1 pkg Rice Chex 1 c. Wesson oil

1 pkg Cheerios ½ tsp salt

1 pkg pretzel sticks ½ tsp garlic salt

Approximately 2 c. mixed nuts 1 tsp tabasco sauce

1 tsp celery salt

1 tsp barbeque salt*

2 tsp worcestershire sauce

½ c. parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS:

I use two disposable roasting pans or one very large, deep pan to put the dry mixture in. Add all seasonings to the melted butter and oil. Continue stirring to keep the seasonings and parmesan cheese from settling to the bottom. Using large spoonfuls, cover the dry mixture with the liquid mixture, stirring cereals and nuts in between to make sure all is coated.

Roast for two hours at 200 degrees, stirring at ½ hour intervals

MY NOTES: It seems everything has gone up in price. Watch for the cereals to go on sale. I coarsely chopped the nuts so they would go further.

*Since this is an old recipe, I can no longer find barbeque salt, so settled for barbeque seasoning, which I found at the dollar store. I have also used Johnny’s seasoning.

Also, it seems pretzel sticks were out everywhere so I settled on the thin regular ones and broke them up.

I added a bit more tabasco sauce and a little bit more parmesan cheese—the kind in a jar.

It’s also great for gift giving. Your friends will be wanting more next year.

ENJOY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.