Favorite Things Friday–Granola

One of my favorite smells to wake up to is Granola baking.  It smells like oatmeal cookies and you kinda move… nose first to the kitchen anxious for the first bowl of hot, crunchy granola–with or without milk!  As promised, I am going to share some recipes with you and today is my Granola recipe.  I started with a recipe from my sister-in-law but after substitutions when I was out of something and accidents, I think I have the perfect recipe–at least we think so.  You could easily cut this recipe in half but I make it once a month in my big green 42 year old Tupperware bowl! I guess that makes TWO Favorite Things today because I don’t know what I would do without that bowl!

Mix well first thing in the morning and let sit, covered, all day.  Just before going to bed, heat oven to 150 degrees, split granola mixture between 3 cookie sheets then slip them into the oven.  When you wake up in the morning, you will have perfectly cooked yummy granola.  I add raisins when I turn the oven off and leave the granola in the oven to cool.The usual method for cooking granola is to bake at 250 degrees for 2-2 1/2 hours stirring every 1/2 hour.  I always had soggy spots that didn’t get baked long enough.  Since instituting the above baking method, I get perfect results every time.

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