Low fat granula

22 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ pounds Regular Oats; Rolled (2 Qts)
¾ cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
½ cup Bran; Unprocessed, Option
2 tablespoons Oil; *Note
¼ cup Honey
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Chopped Dried Apricots; Apples, Peaches, Pears Or Prunes
½ cup Raisins; Or Dried Cranberries
2 tablespoons Chopped Crystallized Ginger

Directions

*NOTE: Original recipe used ¼ C oil. I would not totally eliminate it...

Place half the oats, sugar, and bran in each of 2 baking pans, 10 - 15".

With your hands, crumble sugar and mix ingredeints well.

In a 1 - 2 qt pan over med heat, stir oil, honey and vanilla until bubbly.

Pour half the hot mixture into each baking pan and mix well.

Bake, uncovered, in a 350 F oven. After 10 min, stir granola mixture. If using 1 oven, switch pan positions. Continue baking until oats are lightly toasted, about 10 min more.

Stir in dried fruit, cranberries, and crystallized ginger, breaking up any clumps. Bake until oats are crisp, 5 - 10 min longer. Stir. Let cool 5 min and stir again. When cool, serve or store in an airtight container up to 1 month.

Prep and Cook Time: About 1 hr Makes: About 4 qts According to magazine per ¾ C serving: Cal 285⅖; Fat 4.9g; Carb 52.7; Fib 0.7g; Pro 9.3g; Sod 5mg; CFF 15⅒% Recipe by: Sunset, May 1997

Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n293 by Reggie Dwork <reggie@...> on Nov 18, 1997

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