It’s Not A Party ‘Til You Have Delish Ranch Pretzels!
Living in the suburbs of Detroit we are HUGE sports fans here. My friends and family get together for many sporting events. The Detroit Tigers, Lions, Red Wings and The Pistons! In the summer our Detroit Tigers are on TV almost everyday so I am ALWAYS looking for new snacks and appetizers to serve my friends to go along with our cocktails and the game we watch in our backyard Tiki Hut! I went to the Cider Mill last fall and tasted these flavored pretzel sticks. I HATE pretzels they are so boring!!! But these were tasty and flavorful so I have been inspired to play around with my own “recipe” for a year now. My friends request me to make these a lot, and we all fight over the pretzel pieces that are stuck together. This salty snack goes great with beer and other drinks.
Tools
- Half sheet pan–15 x 21
- flat spatula
Ingredients
- One 15 oz bag of pretzel sticks or butter braids
- One stick of unsalted butter
- One 1 oz package of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- 1/2 tsp of garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp of dried herbs
Recipe
Preheat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Melt the butter in a microwaveable bowl. Add all the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour pretzels onto the half sheet pan. Pour the butter mixture over the pretzels and toss the mixture coating all the pretzels. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool slightly and break pieces apart. Serve warm or cooled. Store in a closed container. These never last long so they’re long gone before they can get stale.
I am in love with Icebox cakes this summer! They are so easy to prepare too. My 12 year old daughter and I came up with this recipe and she put it together all by herself. The key to icebox cakes is that they have to sit in the fridge for several hours or overnight so the flavors meld and the graham crackers soften up. This is not a precise recipe which is why I love it! Its great for beginner cooks and for the more experienced cook too! It has been in the high 90s this August in Michigan and SO HUMID I wanted a dessert but did NOT want to turn on the oven! This dessert is SO refreshing and not too sweet. I found a pre-made key lime filling in the baking aisle of my local grocery store so that’s why it was SO EASY! Lemon Curd, or a high quality jam would be delicious too!
Everyone likes dessert but in the summer I HATE turning on the oven as my home is a little cottage that gets warm in these 95 degree days in Michigan. So I started looking into icebox cakes and here is a recipe I made that helps me use up the million raspberries that grow in my garden July. So Delish! Creamy, cold, and tangy from the fresh fruit this is a refreshing dessert that only uses the refrigerator!