Granola or Granola Bars

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Granola or Granola Bars

Serves 32.

Make your own granola or granola bars to your specifications, subsituting ingredients and decreasing or increasing the amount of sweetener. For vegan granola or granola bars, omit the dry milk.

GRANOLA or GRANOLA BARS

1 cup honey

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 cup nonfat dry milk

4 cups rolled oats

2 cups chopped nuts

1 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup sesame seeds

1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup raisins or chopped dried fruit

Position two oven-racks in oven, one in upper-third and one in lower-third of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Microwave honey and vegetable oil until warm. Stir in dry milk until dissolved. Stir in oats, nuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves until well coated. Spread onto two cookie sheets lined with non-stick silicone baking mats. Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden-brown, stirring granola and switching positions of cookie sheets halfway through baking. Remove from oven. For chunky granola, press flat with spatula. Cool to room temperature. Granola turns crisp upon cooling. Break into chunks. Mix in raisins. Store refrigerated in airtight container to keep crisp.

For crunchy and chewy granola bars, position oven-rack in center of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9" x 13" rectangular baking pan. Mix together all ingredients as for granola. Stir in raisins. With damp spatula, press firmly into pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool in pan for 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Cut into bars, using serrated knife and light sawing motion. Makes 32 bars, 200 calories each.

Keywords: Breakfast, Snack, Easy

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