Homemade Granola!

 

We love homemade granola for breakfast and as a quick snack. Nothing like grabbing a handful of this grainy goodness to tide you over until dinner! The base of the recipe which we use was found in an old magazine and is now stapled into a well used paper back book of mine. The front and back cover of the book are gone and I can no longer remember the author's name but the book is full of spills and there are pages that can sometimes stick together which tells you that it is a well-loved book. It also has a granola recipe so it is on this page that I attached the magazine recipe. So here is the Mitchell modified granola recipe that we have used for probably 20-25 years. I always double the recipe and will type it out that way. 

Homemade Granola

8 cups uncooked rolled oats (not instant)

1 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder

2 TB cinnamon

2 TB brown sugar

1 cup honey

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2 TB vanilla

1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease 2 jelly-roll pans. Mix oats, coconut, milk powder, cinnamon and brown sugar in large bowl. Combine honey and oil in a saucepan and heat until warm. Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and fold in raisins. Mix until well coated. Spread granola into two jelly-roll pans and bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool on a wire rack and seal in airtight container. You can add wheat germ if you so desire. I do not desire to. ;) I have added nuts when I have them in the house and that's always a treat! 

I always add a cup of chocolate chips to the granola once it's cooled. Love, love. love this granola and I also love how inexpensive it is to make at home. Have you priced granola lately?