granola

Lately, Gabriella has been eating granola and yogurt for breakfast which she loves!  So I thought that instead of buying granola and spending lots of money not knowing what exactly is in it, to try and make it myself. 

Recently I saw a granola recipe on Pinterest I thought I'd try.  So this afternoon while Brie was napping I searched around and found the recipe on my food board and made it. 

I didn't have quite all the ingredients, but made do with what I had and I do think it turned out all right.  Definitely edible.  Next time, I won't do the brown sugar though.  I might try to make it with molasses and see if it comes out less sweet.  Especially if I'm adding dried fruit, because that really makes it very sweet and it's not needed.  Anyway, a big thing to remember next time is to not add the fruit until after the baking phase!  I didn't read the directions well enough.  

Also, next time, I think I'll break out my Grandma Annetta's cookbook that my dad typed up and make her granola recipe.  I'll probably half it as it calls for 8 cups of oatmeal!  Our family of three does eat a lot, but even we wouldn't finish that batch before it got old!

Now it is all ready for Brie's morning breakfast.  She had some this afternoon for a snack and LOVED it.  Most likely because of the dried cranberries...she adores dried cranberries and raisins.  :-)

Does anyone have a favorite granola recipe they want to share with me??