Granola recipe
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24 cups dry stuff. I take a couple days to chop. It's a good thing to
do
while watching a movie. Choose from this list, or whatever you like:
I use about 10 cups oatmeal. Can use up to two thirds oatmeal
variety of nuts, chopped. Pecans, walnuts, almonds,
hazelnuts...whatever you
have access to
variety of dried fruits, chopped. Apples, raisins, cranberries, pear,
peach,
dates, papaya...whatever you like
wheat germ
shredded coconut...I use a large bag, but I forget what the measurement
is.
sesame seeds
M&M's (****If you're adding chocolate, hold it out until after it's
all
baked and cooled, then mix it in.)
Okay, mix all that up good.
In a large saucepan, mix:
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups water
3/4 cup veggie oil
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup molasses
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Heat until sugars melt, but do not boil.
I hope you have a huge bowl, 'cause you need to pour this over all that
dry
stuff and mix well. Then bake at 300F, spread out on cookie sheets,
for 20 to
30 minutes, or up to 15 minutes longer, if you really want it crunchy.
Store
airtight
A batch of this will almost fill one of those big tins popcorn comes in
at
Christmas.
To make it into bars:
make this syrup:
1/2 cup dark-brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 nut butter...original recipe calls for peanut butter...I often use
Nutella
3 1/2 cups Granola
1/2 cup whole nuts...peanuts or mixed nuts
Butter a 9 inch square pan, set aside
In saucepan, combine brown sugar and corn syrup and bring to a boil
over
medium heat. Remove from heat, and stir in nut butter until melted.
Pour over
Granola and nuts, blend well. Press into pan. Let cool, then cut into
bars
The original recipe was a whole lot sweeter. Hard to believe, isn't
it!?
I've added a lot of dry stuff. My family carries the bars around for
when we
miss a meal, at work or school. One bar will fill you up.
I suppose you could cut this recipe, but I never have. It's never gone
to
waste. You could probably eliminate nuts altogether, and make fruit
bars out of
it.
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