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Peanut-Butter Pretzel Clusters

Name: Peanut-Butter Pretzel Clusters
Yield: 2 portions
Ingredients: 1 cup pretzel pieces; 3 tbsp peanut butter; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp raisins; 2 tbsp powdered milk

About 15 minutes, estimated · 2 portions · No cook

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AI-created food-family illustration: nachos, pretzels and dip — AI-generated food-family illustration reused within the collection. It is not a photograph of this recipe or of food prepared inside a prison.

Original commissary-inspired pantry recipe

A cluster needs just enough peanut butter to hold the dry ingredients together. Too much makes it sticky, while finely crushing every pretzel removes the pleasant snap that makes this snack work.

Place & evidence: Across the country. This is an original pantry recipe. The source supplies ingredient or technique context, rather than evidence that this exact dish is served in a prison. Inventory and place labels describe that context only. FCI Danbury Commissary List.

Make it

Equipment: Clean food-safe bowl or cup; spoon; measuring cup and spoons; a clean suitable utensil for any chopping.

Ingredients

1 cup pretzel pieces
3 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp raisins
2 tbsp powdered milk

Method

Stir peanut butter and honey together until no streaks of honey remain.
Work in the powdered milk, scraping the bottom of the bowl, then fold in small pretzel pieces and raisins until coated.
Use two spoons to divide the mixture into eight similar soft mounds on food-safe parchment. Press loose pretzel pieces into each mound rather than trying to roll a smooth ball.
Rest 5 minutes, then serve four mounds per portion. They should remain soft clusters; the rest is not a candy-setting step.

The useful detail

Break pretzels into small pieces rather than powder. If a mound crumbles, press its coated pieces together with the spoons instead of adding liquid automatically.

When the store is different

Use chopped dried cranberries instead of raisins.

Serving & handling

Mix moist ingredients close to serving. Keep opened or mixed perishables refrigerated if they are not being eaten promptly. Read the pantry and food-handling guide for storage limits, package directions and allergen checks.

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Sources & editorial note

Federal Bureau of Prisons — FCI Danbury Commissary List, BOP. Official inventory, Connecticut. Source scope and limits.

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