caramel corn

3 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup light Karo syrup
3 sticks of butter (yes, 3!)
8 quarts popped popcorn (not microwave popcorn)
3/4 tsp soda
“pinch” cream of tartar
dash salt
1 tsp vanilla
*Mix sugar, butter, and syrup in heavy pan; bring to a boil.  Boil for 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and add soda, cream of tartar, salt, and vanilla.
*Put popped [...]

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fancy oyster crackers

20 oz oyster crackers
1 cup veg oil
1 pkg ranch dressing mix (I prefer Uncle Dan’s)
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/2 tsp dill weed
1/4 tsp garlic powder
*Coat crackers with oil.  Sprinkle remaining ingredients over crackers.  Cook in warm oven (225) for 10-15 minutes.
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spiced cranberry dip

I haven’t tried this, but thought it looked perfect for the Holidays!
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned whole berry cranberry sauce
1/4 cup orange marmalade
1/8 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne)
1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
*Spread cream cheese onto bottom of 9″ pie plate
*Mix cranberry, marmalade, & red pepper.  Spoon over cream cheese
*Sprinkle with almonds
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Chex Party Mix

Love this!  We discovered at Costco last weekend that they sell a box of Chex cereal that has all 3 varieties needed, in one box.  Perfect!

3 cups Corn Chex
3 cups Rice Chex
3 cups Wheat Chex
1 cup peanuts
1 cup bite-sized pretzels
1 cup bagel chips
We always mix things up and put different things in to the mix… [...]

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Chex Muddy Buddies

9 cups Chex cereal
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
*In a large bowl, measure cereal and set aside.
*In a large microwave-safe bowl, stir together chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter.  Microwave (uncovered) for 1 minute.  Stir.  Microwave for another 30 seconds.  Stir until smooth, then add [...]

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