{"id":457,"date":"2007-03-07T11:16:04","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T16:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jayandcarissa.com\/carissa\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2007-03-09T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T21:24:13","slug":"homemade-granola-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"homemade granola"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"granola\"
\nhave i ever told you about my homemade granola? my mom used to make it when we were kids and i loved it. as an adult, i kept trying to find good granola in grocery stores and specialty shops and it was always too hard to chew and too heavy in my stomach, so i finally asked mom to send me the recipe. she said she’d gotten the recipe from her sister and that the secret was the puffed wheat. it keeps it light and not too hard on your teeth. i’ve had a jar of this stuff around almost all the time since then. it’s pretty quick to whip up a batch and it lasts awhile. i play around with the recipe each time i make it–adding less brown sugar or oil sometimes, substituting maple syrup for the honey if i’m out of honey, adding ground flaxseed for extra omega 13s (whatever those are), putting in different nuts and fruits….. yesterday, i made a batch of dried cherry and almond granola. isn’t it beautiful? here’s the recipe:<\/p>\n

aunt jan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (and my mom’s) granola<\/strong>
\n6 cups quick oats
\n\u00c2\u00bd cup brown sugar
\n\u00c2\u00be cup wheat germ
\n\u00c2\u00bc cup sesame seeds
\n\u00c2\u00bd cup nonfat dry milk
\n\u00c2\u00bd cup flaked coconut
\n1 cup chopped nuts and\/or \u00c2\u00bd cup sunflower seeds
\n3-6 oz puffed wheat
\n \u00e2\u2026\u201d cup honey
\n\u00e2\u2026\u201d cup vegetable oil
\n 2 tablespoons water
\n1 \u00c2\u00bd teaspoons vanilla
\n1 cup raisins or other dried fruit (add during last 10 minutes of baking to prevent burning)<\/p>\n

combine dry ingredients. combine wet ingredients in another bowl (or the measuring cup), then mix the two, coating thoroughly. turn into 2 cake pans (9×13) or a roasting pan. bake in preheated oven at 300-325 degrees, stirring every 10 min until golden brown, about 30 min.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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