Nuts & Bolts, Tex-mex Style

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (15 ounce) box cheerios toasted oat cereal
• 1 (15 ounce) box wheat chex
• 1 (8 ounce) box rice chex
• 3 3/4 cups dry-roasted unsalted peanuts
• 1 (10 ounce) box very thin pretzel sticks
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 3/4 teaspoons tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 2 mix cereals, nuts and pretzels in one very large or two small roasting pans.
• 3 heat the remaining ingredients in a saucepan over moderate heat. stir occasionally until small bubbles appear on bottom of pan.
• 4 gradually pour hot, seasoned oil over cereal mixture, stirring gently to coat well.
• 5 bake 1-1/2 to 2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes. remove from oven and cool. store in airtight containers.
• 6 note that regular salted roasted peanuts may be substituted for the peanuts specified above.