On Saturday, while Josh was taking a nap, I decided to take on the task of making my own granola. I looked over a few recipes online and thought it would be fairly easy. I chose a recipe for which I had all the ingredients for already. I placed half of the first batch in the oven and after awhile smelled that it was burning. I dumped it in the trash and put the other half in the oven cutting the cook time down by 10 minutes. The recipe had called for a 20 minute cook time. Thinking back now I should have known better. After cooling, I tasted and thought it was too salty. When Josh woke up and tried it he couldn't stop eating it. I knew that I would need to make another batch if I wanted any for this week's breakfast. I prefer sweet over salty and tweaked the recipe accordingly and it tastes delicious.
Here is my recipe:
-3 cups quick oats
-1/4 cup of brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (add more or less depending on what you like)
-1/3 cup honey
-1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
-1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix liquid ingredients in a glass measuring cup. Heat liquid ingredients for one minute and stir, then pour over top of dry ingredients and mix throughly. Prepare a large cookie sheet with non-stick spray. Spread a thin layer of granola on cookie sheet. Pop in the oven at 325 for 10 minutes or until light golden brown. After taking out of the oven it will need to sit and cool off for it to harden.
Feel free to add any dried fruit or nuts.
Enjoy!
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