Granola is so great because of how customizable it can be. Making it yourself, which can prove to be easier than you might think, allows for adding your favorite dried fruits and nuts or just what kinds you have sitting in the back of the cupboard. It's summer time, it's extremely hot, and I look for snacks that require little to no cooking during the day. This recipe takes only one night of baking and can last throughout the week. When I was shopping for the ingredients for this recipe I thought I found myself some reasonably priced dried cherries but when I got home I realized they were cherry flavored cranberries, cheaters. I had no idea there were such things, come to find later that they also have purple cranberries flavored like blueberries. This kind of scares me, but this coming from a girl who eats "baby corn." Anyway, enjoy and stay out of the sun.
Ingredients:
3 Cups of Rolled Oats
2 Cups of Honey
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 ½ Cups of Nuts/Fruits
To make your own granola bars mix oats, honey, oil and your choice of fruits or nuts (I used cashews, peanuts, raisins and cranberries that were cherry flavored) in a medium to large sized bowl.
Preheat the oven on 350 degrees. Next pour the mixture into a greased pan (13 x 9) and pack the mix tightly using wax paper underneath your hands.
Bake for 20 minutes and then let cool completely. Slice into bars or break into clusters and serve.
I've taken to making a low cal, high impact version of "granola" with steel cuts oats (that I toast myself), sesame seeds, and currants. Add warm almond milk, and you've got quite a punch.
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