Kansas Day Snack Mix

Recipe:
2 T Butter (more if you like)
2 splashes Worchestershire sauce
2 cups Corn cereal
1/2 cup (or more) Mini pretzels
1 cup Sunflower kernels
seasoned salt
1 cup M&Ms


Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Melt butter and add Worchestershire sauce. Put cereal, pretzels and kernels in a gallon sized zippered baggy. Pour in melted butter sauce and shake to stir. Add seasoned salt to taste and shake again. Spread out on a baking sheet and put in the oven for ten minutes. Turn over and bake an additional ten minutes. Take out of the oven and pour into a bowl. Allow to cool. Add M&Ms.

Adventure:

I love holidays and I absolutely love my home-state of Kansas. And what better way to celebrate an incredible place to live than with a delicious treat? For snacktime we were at my mom's house and she helped us put together this fun little treat. Now Kansas is the Sunflower State, hence sunflower kernels. We're also known for the grains we grow, which is why we used the corn cereal (wheat was out of the budget). Kansas also has quite a bit of German heritage which is why we used pretzels. And M&Ms are just yummy! So Gary helped hold the bag open for me to put the ingredients in.  Then we added the butter sauce and Grammy helped Gary stir it all up.

Then it was time to put it in the oven to bake. My poor little guy has a cold right now and didn't make it to the last beeper. He was fast asleep on the couch as we took the mix out of the oven. After letting it cool for a while, it was time to add the M&Ms and mix it all together. 

 Now it's sitting on the counter waiting for Gary to wake up. If you live in Kansas, this is a fun way to celebrate our 152nd birthday. If not, personalize this mix to fit your state and enjoy it for your state's birthday!

Happy Kansas Day!