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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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The advantage to using honey instead of sugar in granola is that you need significantly less. This is a good recipe as is, but please feel free to experiment with coconut, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, powdered milk or additional oil or honey for a richer taste. Ground granola makes a wonderful crumb crust for pies, too! From an old newspaper clipping. Ingredients:
1/4 cup oil |
1/4 cup honey |
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract) |
3 cups old fashioned oats |
1/2 cup wheat germ |
1/4 cup almonds, coarsely chopped |
1/4 cup natural bran (optional) or 1/4 cup sunflower seeds (optional) or 1/4 cup sesame seeds (optional) |
1/2-1 cup raisins or 1/2-1 cup dates or 1/2-1 cup fig, chopped |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Heat first three ingredients together in a big pot; stir in next three ingredients one at a time.
3. Spread onto a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes; stir and continue to bake for an additional 5 or 10 minutes until granola barely begins to turn golden (take care not to overbake).
4. Cool; add dried fruit.
5. Store in a tightly covered jar.
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