Monday's Meal 2/22/10

This Monday's meal isn't really a meal - although if you poured milk over it, it could be breakfast! Today I made granola - and my son had to eat some before I could even get it completely cooled, LOL! It's really simple to make:

 

some of the granola ingredients

Homemade Granola

4 c. rolled oats (not instant)

1-1.5 c. sliced almonds

1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed

1/2 tsp. salt

1/ tsp. cinnamon

1/4 c. cooking oil

1/4 c. honey

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 c. raisins

Mix oats, almonds, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon.

In a saucepan, warm oil, honey, and vanilla. Pour over the oat mixture, and mix gently until blended. Spread the granola mix on a 15X10X1 baking pan, and bake 40 minutes at 300 degrees - stirring mixture every 10 minutes.

Remove from oven, cool, and mix in raisins. Store in an airtight container.

You can add just about anything you want to the granola. I added ground flax seed, walnuts, dried cranberries, dried blueberries, and extra raisins to my mix.

Also, if you prefer your granola to be chewier, you can let it air dry rather than bake it in the oven. If you dry your granola, you can add fruit any time - if you bake it, you should wait until after the granola is baked & cooled before adding fruit.

 

oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon

 
 

oil, honey, & vanilla

 
 

dry mixture - oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, walnuts, & almonds

 
 

wet & dry ingredients mixed - granola ready to be baked

 
 

baked granola at the cooling stage

 
 

the finished product!

If you try it, let me know!