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Soft Pretzels
(Adapted from Reader’s Digest)
3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 3/4 cups flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1 packet (1/4-ounce) rapid-rise yeast
5 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups hot water
3 tablespoons baking soda
1 tablespoon kosher salt
Toast oats in small skillet over low heat, stirring until golden brown (about 5 minutes).
In a large bowl, [...]

2 cups popcorn
1 cups goldfish crackers
1 cups cheerios
1 cups pretzel sticks
1 cups oyster crackers
1/2 cup unsalted peanuts
Stir all ingredients together in a large bowl.
Store in airtight container.
12 Servings.

1 ½ cups M&M’s
3 cups thin pretzel sticks, broken in half
3 cups bite-size Cheddar cheese crackers
1 ½ cups raisins
Mix; store in airtight container.
18 servings.

5 cups MultiGrain Cheerios®
1 cup pretzel sticks
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon light margarine
1 cup raisins
1 cup peanuts
Heat oven to 350°.
Stir together cereal and pretzels in large bowl.
Heat peanut butter and margarine to boiling in 1-quart saucepan, stirring occasionally.
Pour over cereal and pretzels, stirring until evenly coated.
Spread in ungreased rectangular pan, 13×9×2 inches.
Bake 10 minutes, stirring [...]

2 red apples
1/4 cup raisins
½ tablespoon peanut butter
8 thin pretzel sticks
Slice apples in half from top to bottom, and scoop out the cores using a knife or melon baller.
Place each apple half flat side down on a small plate.
Let children:
Use peanut butter to “glue” raisins onto the apples for spots.
Stick one end of each pretzel [...]