Granola

This is a healthy version of granola but STILL addicting!! So...give most of it away as gifts, or else you will consume it all within the first 24 hours! Whether you snack on it or have it as cereal (2Bit's fav), we guarantee you will love it.

What You'll Need:

-5 c. oats

-1/2 c. whole wheat flour

-1 tsp cinnamon

-1/3 c honey

-1/2 c. natural peanut butter

-1/2 c. safflower/vegetable oil

-1 tsp vanilla extract

-2 tbsp molasses (not in pic)

-1/4 c. alaga syrup (also not shown...my BAD)

-1/2 c. semi-sweet choc. chips

-1/4 c. each of raisins, dried apricots(chopped) and/or dried cherries

-1/4 c. coconut

(Recipe adapted from Wycliffe International Cookbook)

 Granola is one of those things where you can be creative and add what YOU like... I have made it again since this time and I added flax seeds and pecans...just as delish!

Chop the nuts to your preference.

Or crush them, like with a mortar and pestle... You want one; you need one- oh baby, oh baby! 

Measure out your dry ingredients and combine.

 

Nuts, flour, oats, cinnamon, coconut... If you want, you can wait to add the coconut with the dried fruit half way into the baking, to ensure it doesn't burn.

2Bit does less oil so that more peanut butter can be added. We heart the beloved PB!

Whisk yo wet ingredients together.

Combine the two.

Now it's ready to bake for 30 minutes at 350. Stir occasionally. The recipe suggests adding the dried fruit after the granola has baked, but 2Bit loves when the fruit is nice and chewy, so 15 minutes into the baking, add the dried fruit. And at the end add the chocolate chips.

Deep cookie sheets are best, but 2Bit is in dire need of some good cookie sheets, so these aluminum pans worked just fine...Enjoy!