You can make barbeque-flavored sunflower seeds for your next party.
Super Bowl snack foods such as barbeque-flavored sunflower seeds take a little extra preparation ahead of time, but they don't need much attention once you place the bowls on your coffee table or buffet. You can use this same recipe to make barbeque-flavored sesame sticks, toasted soybeans, peanuts or pretzel nuggets as well. Your guests preschool through school-age children can prepare these with assistance from an older teen or adult if they attend the party.
Instructions
1. Pour the sunflower seeds into a large mixing bowl and add 2 to 3 tbsp. barbeque sauce. Stir with a wooden spoon until all the seeds are coated. Do not use more sauce, although you may be tempted to do so, or your seeds will not dry out enough in the oven.
2. Spread the sauce-coated sunflower seeds on a non-stick cookie sheet in a single layer. Bake at 225 degrees Fahrenheit until they appear dry.
3. Remove the seeds from the oven. Loosen the seeds with a pancake turner and stir them around.
4. Return the sunflower seeds to the oven to bake for another five minutes.
5. Loosen the seeds again and scrape them into a large serving bowl.
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