My Granola Recipe

I've made granola in the past, and it was delicious, but it's been kind of annoying buying 8 different ingredients and having leftovers for all of them. I wanted to come up with a recipe that would streamline the process, be delicious, and be healthy.

I'm a huge fan of Bob's Red Mill products. You can find these products in the natural food section of pretty much every grocery store.

Ingredients:
1 18 oz bag Bob's Red Mill Muesli cereal
1/4 c. Bob's Red Mill Raw Wheat Germ
1/2 c. honey
1 tbs canola oil
7/8 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (regular cinnamon can also be used here)

Put rack in center of oven, and then preheat oven to 325 degrees. On a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, spread out the entire bag of Muesli. Sprinkle raw wheat germ over cereal, and then put in oven and toast for 5-10 minutes.

While that is in the oven, combine honey, oil, salt, and spice in a large bowl. Once the dry ingredients are toasted, put them in the bowl and combine with the honey mixture, until evenly coated. Spread the mixture back on the parchment lined cookie sheet, and return to oven for 15-20 minutes, stirring every few minutes. The darker the granola gets, the crunchier it will be, but it is very important not to let it burn!

Once you feel the granola is done, take it out of the oven, and leave it in the cookie sheet to cool. Stirring it occasionally as it cools will break up some of the larger chunks that will form. Once completely cool, store in an airtight container in your refrigerator. Granola can be eaten alone as a snack, on top of yogurt, or with milk as a cereal (to name only a few).

This recipe makes twenty 1/4 cup servings, at 130 calories/serving. Enjoy!