Chex Party Mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine — melted
1 1/4 teaspoons seasoned salt
4 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
8 cups mix cereal (chex rice corn, and wheat)
1 cup Cheerios.
1 cup pretzels
1 cup salted mixed nuts
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In small bowl add seasoned salt and Worcestershire sauce to melted butter; mix well. Pour cereals, nuts and pretzels into large resealable plastic bag. Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture inside plastic bad. Seal top of bag securely. Shake bag until all pieces are evenly coated. Transfer mix to open roasting pan. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on absorbent paper to cool. Store in airtight container.
NOTES : FOR MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Follow directions above except, do not preheat oven, and pour contents of bag into large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 5 to 6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes.
Buffalo-Style Crab Claws
1/4 cup butter — melted
1 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon barbecue sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon lemon-pepper
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
16 Alaska snow crab or blue — crab cocktail claws
blue cheese dipping sauce
3 tablespoons mayo
2 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt
1 tablespoon blue cheese — crumbled
1 teaspoon parsley — chopped
1 small clove garlic — minced
3/4 teaspoon lemon juice
Whisk together all ingredients in a small bowl except claws and dipping sauce. Arrange claws on a broiling pan and brush both sides of each claw with butter mixture. Broil 5-6″ from heat for 3-4 minutes, or just until crab is hot. Remove from oven and brush with remaining butter mixture. Serve on a platter with the Dipping Sauce. Whisk all sauce ingredients together.
Caramel Snack Mix
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup white corn syrup
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup almonds
1 (12 ounce) package crispy corn and rice cereal
Preheat oven to 275F. Spray a large roasting pan with non−stick cooking spray. In a medium−size microwave safe bowl, mix butter, white corn syrup and brown sugar. Place the mixture in the microwave and cook 2 minutes, or until butter melts. Place the cereal, pecans and almonds into the prepared roasting pan. Pour the melted butter mixture over the cereal and nuts and mix gently until the cereal and nuts are coated. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. As the snack mix is cooling, be sure to continue to stir so that the mix will not harden into one big lump.