Granola Snacking
Hungry and don't want to eat junk food full of chemicals and trans-fats?? Here is a real snacking mix that is easy to make and you can keep on hand! I was hungry and didn't have much in the house today. We live about 75 miles from the nearest store so I cooked this up with the ingredients I had in the shelves. That is why there are some strange measurements. For instance, I only had a half cup of margarine so I added some canola oil. Then, I only had one cup of flour and the mixture looked a little moist so I added a half cup of soy flour. The results turned out pretty good, though so I thought I would share them with you. If you don't have exactly these ingredients I encourage you to improvise too! Turned out good for me
Total time that it took me to make this: 45 min
VIVIAN'S GRANOLA
SERVES 12 , 12 cups
- 1/2 cup soft tub margarine (I used Smart Balance)
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup maple syrup, Real not the fake stuff
- 1/2 cup warmwater
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup soy flour
- 1/2 cup ground flax seed
- 6 cups oatmeal
- 2 cups walnuts
- 2 cups coconut flakes
- 2 cups raisins
- Mix the water and salt to dissolve the salt. Set aside.
- Take a big broiler pan and put it across 2 stove burners. Turn the burners on low.
- Add the margarine, water/salt mixture, oil and maple syrup to the broiler pan. Stir ingredients together until the margarine is melted.
- Add all the other ingredients except the raisins. Mix well until everything is moist.
- You have 2 choices in how you can cook this granola. You can take your broiler pan and put it directly in the oven and bake at 250 for about 2 hours stirring every 20 to 30 minutes or so. That is the slow way. Or if you are hungry and can't wait -- like I usually am -- spread the granola out onto 2 big cookie sheets and bake at 325 for about 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes or so.
- After the granola has finished baking, turn off the oven, take the pans out and spread the raisins over the top of the still warm granola. Let set until cool then put in zip-lock bags or air-tight canisters.
- Stays fresh about a week but will probably be eaten before then!
