{"id":8873,"date":"2015-11-18T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=8873"},"modified":"2015-11-14T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:27:42","slug":"that-fabulous-franklin-chex-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/that-fabulous-franklin-chex-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"That Fabulous Franklin Chex Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Franklin-Chex-Mix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4722\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Franklin-Chex-Mix.jpg\" alt=\"Getting ready for Thanksgiving with the recipe for Mom's famous Chex Mix. There's plenty of time to shop for groceries and render the secret ingredient, too.\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Franklin-Chex-Mix.jpg 640w, http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Franklin-Chex-Mix-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Franklin-Chex-Mix-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Just in time for the big Thanksgiving grocery shopping trip, here&#8217;s the recipe for the Fabulous Franklin Chex Mix. The recipe traces its roots back to Zoe Hemmingson, one of Mom\u2019s fellow teachers at Franklin School in Le Mars, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a family favorite at Thanksgiving and Christmas since the late 1960s Mom used to make a batch in November and another in December. She\u2019s abandoned the shopping and cooking duties, though she still pays for the ingredients, but sends one her kids to shop. These days she enjoys watching her children or grandchildren do the measuring, mixing, and cooking\u2026and performing her quality control, taste-testing duties. Rock on, Mom!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franklin Teachers\u2019 Chex Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mix together in a large bowl:<br \/>\n1 box Crispex (17 ounce)<br \/>\n5 cups Cheerios<br \/>\n4 \u2013 5 cups pretzels and mixed nuts (proportion as you like)<\/p>\n<p>Mix together in a small bowl:<br \/>\n1\/2 cup melted butter or margarine<br \/>\n1\/2 cup melted bacon grease*<br \/>\n1 tablespoon garlic powder<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce<\/p>\n<p>Divide mixed, dry ingredients amongst three or four large cake pans. Pour wet ingredients over cereal mix and stir well. Bake at 200 degrees for 2 hours. Stir and turn off the oven. Leave mix in oven until the oven cools. Cool Chex Mix. 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