Ah, granola...
Thanks to some discussion with friends, I am in the mood to make granola (which is great because random odds and ends are all I have in the house so I can mix them up!).
Adapted from the Imus Ranch cookbook:
Dry ingredients:
-3 cups oats
- 1.5 cups Aldi brand peanut butter crunch cereal
- about one cup dry roasted peanuts
- about one cup mixed nuts
- about 1/4 cup dried cranberries leftover from a salad mix
- about two tablespoons dried candied ginger chopped as small as possible
- four fresh dates chopped into about six pieces each
- dried strawberries, chopped, 1/4 cup
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
Wet ingredients:
- about 1/2 cup blackstrap molasses
- about three tablespoons honey (omit for vegan version)
- about 1/2 cup canola oil
Mix wet ingredients thoroughly and then mix into dry
Bake at 300 degrees for about 30 minutes, turning frequently, every 10-15 minutes
Add M&M's or butterscotch chips after baking for something decadent
I have made granola in the past and found that when I bake the dried fruit with the rest, they come out too dry and hard. How was your result? And how did the candied ginger react to being heated?
ReplyDeleteI turn my granola every 10 minutes to try and prevent everything from getting too hard. And I take it out as soon as it starts to dry. Yeah, it means my granola gets wet in spots and clumps but we like those clumps.
ReplyDeleteI think the ginger added some zing...
Let me know if you have any more questions. Eventually I'll get the photos off the camera.