Aunt Looney’s Easy Peasy Party Crackers
Aunt Looney’s Easy Peasy Party Crackers are always the life of the party!
Party Crackers are the stuff of legends among old school crowds in the South. Boutiques have jars of them on the counter, bags of special recipes are gifted at holidays, trays are featured at bridal showers and sporting events, and private recipes are written and rewritten over and over as they are passed around in kitchens and church meetings.
If you’ve never tasted what I’m talking about, you may think my sister in law is holding a tray of plain old saltines in that picture, but once you try this recipe, you’ll know that Tina is actually holding the most popular tray at the party. This is the one that everybody is going to head to and clean off first.
Today we’re still coming back from what I am referring to as “the bubonic flu” at our house, so I’m taking this opportunity to share Tina’s recipe. Tina is also referred to as “Aunt Looney” in my cookbooks. She is Katy’s favorite aunt in the universe because she is always fun, crazy in the best ways, and just a hoot to be around.
The instructions are simple so I’m just sharing those along with the final photos of Aunt Looney :). Make these for your next get together – or just to snack on around the house, and get ready for one of the best tasting crackers that’s ever passed your lips!
Ingredients
- 5 sleeves of saltine crackers
- 1 +1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 pkg ranch dressing mix
- 1 pkg Italian dressing mix
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Line crackers on their sides (Edges, like they were in the sleeve) in rows of a plastic dish with a tight fitting lid (These Rubbermaid Takealongs are perfect). Don't worry if they won't all fit, just put as many as you can.
- Pour oil in a 1 pint canning jar. Add dressing mixes and Parmesan cheese. Screw on lid and shake jar well.
- Slowly pour all of the mix over each row of crackers.
- Put on casserole lid and flip it over. Let sit for 5 minutes. Flip the casserole back over and let sit for 5 minutes. Repeat every 5 minutes for 1 hour and they are ready to serve.
- Store, tightly sealed, up to one week if there are any left over.
Nutrition
~Gracie Allen
Because I avoid MSG and other unhealthy additives, I make my own dry Ranch dressing mix . These are so good!
Oooh I love these things! If I make them I eat WAAAAy to many of them.
Christy I think I have been spending too much time on your site. I dreamed last night that you told me I couldn’t have any banana pudding until I finished making the bows to put in the chickens hair!! LOL!!!! I woke up laughing and my husband asked what the heck was I dreaming about?? HA!!
How funny is that!!! Christy, this could be your next big success: “Chicken Bows for fabulous Chicks!”
Don’t you wonder about some of the dreams we have-they can be so funny!!!
And the dream seemed so real!! I can still see Christy standing there, with that bowl of banana pudding in her hands shaking her head no at me because I didn’t have all the hair bows (chicken bows???) ready for the chickens. AND I WANTED THAT BANANA PUDDING BAD!!! LOL In fact all day long I’ve been thinking about banana pudding!!
Oh my goodness, I swear you and I are sisters. Your brain works so much like mine! I just enjoy the heck out of getting to hear from you in comments, please don’t ever stop chatting with me! 🙂
First for me hearing about these crackers……..Thanks sounds good.
I hope you get the chance to try them soon Elizabeth!
Love these crackers being an old southern girl myself. And love that SIL of yours too. She’s my li’l from sorority days. L
Oh my goodness I bet you have stories to tell Missy!!
I also make a variation of these, but prefer to use the mini crackers or oyster crackers so you can eat them like popcorn. I also bake them like you would Chex Mix for extra crispiness!
I use a $1 aluminum roasting pan from the dollar store to mix up a huge batch and then just throw the pan away! Easy clean up!
Great idea Twyla!!!
How many ounces or bags of oyster crackers did you use?
So…you don’t need to put in oven? And they don’t get soggy?
Nope and Nope 😉
Thank you Christy! Just came home from Kroeger and will get busy!
I made it to Kroger today, too! Felt like a big achievement ;). I even cooked supper. It was good to have an actual meal after all this time. Poor Ricky can’t boil water.
No, thdy get unbelieveably crisp and crunchy. Believe me. I have made these thirty or forty years.
Can these be frozen if you have leftovers?
Hey Pam, you don’t have to freeze them, they will keep for several weeks just in a ziplock bag.
I have had these before – they are so good. A friend of mine makes them and she adds red pepper flakes to give them a bit of a kick. Thanks for sharing the recipe.