Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Basic Granola

Ingredients:
5 cups old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
1/2 cup wheat germ or ground flax seeds
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine oats, cereal, and wheat germ or flaxseed in large bowl.

Heat brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, and salt in saucepan just until sauce melts together.

Remove from heat, add vanilla, stir, and add to oat mixture.

Fold sauce into the cereal. This takes a bit of patience and the cereal mixture will appear a bit dry.

Spread onto greased jelly roll pan.

Bake about 20 minutes, taking out to stir (so the edges don't burn) every 6 or 7 minutes, until it is toasted to your liking.

Cool, stirring every 5 minutes  to ensure   it doesn't clump too much - it will not harden in clusters, rather it ends up a little looser like cereal, which is great for sprinkling over yogurt.

Store in an airtight container.

Serves 12

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