Grandma Jensen's Nuts and Bolts

Name: Grandma Jensen's Nuts and Bolts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Butter; 2 cups Cheddar Crackers; 2 cups Corn Squares Cereal; 2.5 tsp Garlic Powder; 2 cups Mixed Nuts; 2 cups Oat Rings Cereal; 2 cups Pretzels; 2 cups Rice Squares Cereal; 2 cups Wheat Squares Cereal; 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

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Grandma Jensen's Nuts and Bolts is a nostalgic holiday snack mix with a buttery, garlicky Worcestershire glaze that bakes into every crunchy bite. A medley of cereals, crackers, pretzels, and nuts turns toasty and savory in the oven, perfect for parties, gifting, or game-day nibbling. It’s the kind of irresistible, pass-around bowl that disappears fast.

Prep10 mins
Cook1 hr 5 mins
Serves24
DifficultyEasy

1

Assemble all the ingredients.
2

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Combine the wheat cereal, corn cereal, rice cereal, oat cereal, cheese-flavored crackers, pretzels, and mixed nuts in a large bowl; set aside.
3

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce until smoothly blended.
4

Pour the mixture over the cereal mixture, and gently stir until the cereal is evenly coated with the seasoned butter.
5

Spread the cereal mixture on baking sheets, and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
6

Let cool to room temperature before storing in an airtight container.