GRANOLA ALA MBJ

Here is a recipe for granola-again from MBJ in Baltimore-it looks healthy and delicious a win-win combo!
Lots of ways to change and add whatever you like to this recipe-which is good if you have things on hand.






Basically I took the recipe from here: http://www.chow.com/stories/11878, with a few modifications.




You mix together the dry stuff in one bowl: 3 cups of old-fashioned rolled oats, three tablespoons brown sugar, a quarter teaspoon salt, and a teaspoon cinnamon.


Then the liquids in another: one-third cup honey (real honey,not US honey/corn syrup mix), a quarter cup coconut oil, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract.


Mix it together with your hand, and savor licking off all the stuff that sticks. Then put it all on baking paper in a pan, and into the oven at 300 F.


I gave mine something like 20 minutes, then stir followed by another 15. That was just on the limit, any longer and it would have tasted burnt. As it was it made it extra sweet and crispy.


Once it was a little cooled I added dried cranberries, raisins, and crushed walnuts. The first two are great, walnuts didn't add much. Not bad though.


It didn't really form clumps, a couple of oats sticking together at most. Maybe using butter instead of oil would help. The mix of honey, cinnamon and vanilla really gives it a delicious taste, though definitely very sweet. Suitable for plain/Greek yogurt, not sweetened.

I am going to give this a try now that the heat spell has broken-I will probably use canola oil because it has less calories-will get back with the results!