Tag: granola cereal

Ingredients:

¼ c. vegetable oil

¼ c. Maple syrup

6 Tablespoons brown sugar

1-teaspoon vanilla

2-tablespoons honey

3 c. rolled oats

½ c. each of dried cranberries dried blueberries and chopped nuts of your choice.

¼ c. of sunflower seeds, and or pumpkin seeds

Directions:

1. Put the oil, syrup, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.  Microwave for about one minute.   Stir once out of the microwave.
2. Mix the oats, berries, nuts, and seeds together in a big bowl.  Add the microwaved mixture and stir to fully coat the oats.
3. Spread on a greased or parchment lined cookie sheet.  Bake at a very low setting 200° for an hour.
4. Take it out and let it cool.  It will break apart in big clumps, kinda like peanut brittle.   Store in an airtight container. I used the above photographed a large mason jar (half-gallon) my MIL gave me years ago.

Note: I didn’t use honey in my recipe because DH is allergic to it and took the maple syrup up by 2-tablespoons. I used Ocean Spray blueberry-flavored dried cranberries and pecan pieces. I did not use any seeds because I did not have these and the recipe tasted delicious without them. Incidentally, you may want to watch the bake time. Despite the low baking temp, 1-hour was a wee bit too long. Next time, I’m going to only bake recipe for 50-minutes.

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