No-bake Super Simple Ranch Dilly Pretzels

What to do when we need a gift for the hard-to-buy-for? Or our kid announces that we are on snack tonight? 4 ingredients + 5 minutes and you are good to go.

These pretzels are so simple to make, that I didn’t need to look up the recipe. Actually, I had to go make them, to measure the amount of pretzels I use. I love inexact recipes. The ones you have the ingredients on hand (on purpose) and can make in five minutes. This is one of them.

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Good For You

• Lower salt (than some snacks)

• Healthy fats

Good For

• Entertaining

• Camping, at the beach, or on road trips

• Christmas gift for teenagers or families

• When it’s your turn to bring the snack

No-Bake Super Simple Ranch Dilly Pretzels

• 20 cups UNSALTED pretzel twists (trust me, regular pretzels make it icky-salty)

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil like canola

• 1, 28g pkg dry ranch dressing and dip mix

• 1 Tbsp dried dill weed

1. Dump pretzels into a really large mixing bowl.

2. Measure oil in a 1-cup glass measure. Add dip mix and dill weed. Stir with a mini whisk or fork until combined.

3. Drizzle the oil mixture over the pretzels. Stir immediately until pretzels are coated.

4. Store in a container with a tight-fitting lid or sealed in a zipper-lock bag. Waiting 24 hours will allow the flavors to soak in but we sometimes can’t wait that long.

We are all feeling the crunch of Christmas prep right now.

Oh. I just realized we are at the countdown of the 12 days to Christmas.

Please share your go-to quick-fix recipe idea here.

Or pull up a chair at the Contented Table chat. We will be trading snippets of peace in the simplicity of shared food hacks for the Christmas season.

I’ll save you a seat,

Jane