Granola

My husband likes to call me a crunchy granola (also known as a hippie) from time to time. It really doesn't bother me because those choices I make are saving him money. :) So yesterday, while I was battling my 4th round of sickness in 2 months, I decided to tackle homemade granola. Stuart likes to eat it as cereal and I love to eat it in yogurt with a few slices of apple (it literally tastes like apple pie!) I was surprised to see that we had almost everything we needed at home. I found this blog through Pinterest and decided that this was a fitting recipe for our needs. 

I must warn you, all the pictures I took of the process were on my iPhone which I love dearly but the pictures it takes sometimes are awful quality. Please bear with me...

I do not eat chocolate (I know, worst female ever!) so I had to make 2 different batches. For Stuart's batch, I followed the recipe exactly. For mine, I added extra sugar and extra honey to make up for the loss of sweetness since I left out the chocolate.

What you need:

3 cups rolled oats

2 TBSP sugar (I added extra to the non chocolate batch)

2 TBSP vegetable oil

6 TBSP honey (I used more for the batch without chocolate chips)

1 cup mini chocolate chips

1/4 cup walnuts or almonds

To Prepare:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Spray cooking sheet lightly with non stick cooking spray.

Mix oats, sugar and nuts in a large bowl. In a saucepan, warm oil with honey until honey has thinned out.  Pour honey mixture over oat mixture and coat well.  Spread granola evenly on to prepared pan.  Bake for 10-15 minutes, then stir granola.  Bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until browned.  Let granola cool, then, stir in chocolate chips. Store in air tight container.

 After making 2 batches without any issues, I know that this will be a staple in our house for a long time! So if you make this granola, please share with me how you made it your own!

And please send me ideas for other recipes you want me to share. I freezer cook and do a ton in the crockpot! :)