Chex Mix
Add 2 tsp. hot pepper sauce for some heat, if desired. Chili powder is another option. Add to the margarine and Worcestershire sauce mixture. Cheese Nips and Goldfish crackers are good cheese cracker choices.
1 stick margarine
6 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 cup cocktail peanuts (or mixed nuts)
1 cup pretzels, broken up [or cheese crackers, corn chips such as Fritos, Bugles]
2 cups Corn Chex
2 cups Rice Chex
2 cups Cheerios (or use bagel chips, instead)
Preheat oven to 250. Melt margarine in a large roasting style pan. Stir in all of the worstershire sauce and salts.
Add ingredients and stir to coat, in this order: peanuts, pretzels, Corn Chex, Rice Chex, Cheerios.
The least absorbent parts of the recipe always go in first, so they can be coated and take up some of the liquid and so that the most absorbent ingredients (cheerios) don't get saturated.
Bake for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on absorbent paper to cool. Store in airtight container.
Spiced Party Mix
Gourmet | January 2003
2 large egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne
9 cups freshly popped unsalted popcorn
2 cups miniature pretzels
1 1/2 cups salted roasted peanuts
1 1/2 cups whole almonds, toasted
1 1/2 cups pecans, toasted
1 1/2 cups salted roasted cashews
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Whisk together egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, paprika, and cayenne in a large bowl. Add popcorn, pretzels, nuts, and salt to taste and toss until thoroughly coated.
Spread evenly in 2 buttered large shallow baking pans (1 inch deep) and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until coating is crisp, about 20 minutes total.
Spread mixture on 2 large sheets of parchment paper or oiled foil and cool completely.
Cooks' note: Spiced party mix can be made 3 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
Servings: Makes about 14 cups.
