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Mary's Homemade Granola

Delicious homemade granola recipes allows for your personal adaptation
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Course: Breakfast, Snack
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups oatmeal (not instant)
  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 1 cup (or more) chopped pecans or your favorite nut(s)
  • 1 cup dried cranberries (or cherries)
  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Equipment

  • Cookie Sheets
  • 1 Large Bowl

Method
 

  1. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Melt the butter and combine with honey, when mixed, add the vanilla
  3. Pour the butter/honey combo over the dry ingredients and mix to coat evenly. You will need a large bowl for this.
  4. Spread on a greased cookie and bake on 220℉ for 20-30 minutes until lightly browned. You may want to stir it all about halfway through the baking process to brown eenly.
  5. Cool completely, put in an airtight container and it should last about 2 weeks in the refrigerator. The oatmeal to butter/honey ratio is the more critical element so adjusting the amounts of nuts or dried fruit will not affect the mixture.

Notes

I like to add parchment paper to the cookie sheets so I butter (or Pam) the sheets first.