Vanilla-Scented Granola

From: Sweet Baboo

On Jul 19, 2008

I don't stir granola while it's baking, instead I put it into two baking sheets sprayed with Pam, and rotate the pans front to back and rack to rack every 10 minutes. Oven at 325F cooks this granola in 20 minutes in my cottage oven. Most recent batch which accommodates a diabetic diet: In large bowl that will fit in the microvave, put about 3 Tbsp butter, and 3 Tbsp canola oil. Add 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup (with Splenda as the sweetener) and 2 Tbsp Splenda Brown Sugar Blend. Use 1 tsp cinnamon, and heat till warm and butter is melted.*** ADD 4 tsp VANILLA **** Mix into 4 cups porridge oats and 1 cup coarsely chopped natural almonds and some broken pecans. Can add toasted coconut and dried fruit after baking.

From: Eyden

On Jun 11, 2008

Mmmm good! Made this recipe for a Bake Sale my camping club is having. I chose it since I had all the ingredients on hand. Of course, had to try it first and is it delish! Thanks for a great recipe!

From: kimberli

On Mar 29, 2004

Fantastic stuff!! This is now our official granola recipe. I've made several batches already - my entire family including visiting parents and in-laws keep raving over it. We have it over ice cream & chocolate sauce, with yogurt, etc. I did do a couple of things differently - used 1 c of very coarsely chopped almonds instead of sliced, added an extra cup of chopped pecans to one batch. I also added 1 cup wide ribbon coconut, and stir in 1 cup raisins and/or craisins after baking. Since I added more dry ingredients, I increased the amount of wet accordingly. I don't stir granola while it's baking, instead I put it into two baking sheets and rotate them every ten minutes - that way I get more clusters. Sorry this is so long - but thanks for posting this recipe! We love it!!

From: michEgan

On Jan 6, 2006

I had to retype this review to let everyone know how much my husband loves this stuff. He told me it is the best granola he has ever had. Last night he had the last of my first batch and made sure I was going to make more! The only thing I did different is I chopped the almonds very fine in my food processor. I am going to add dried cranberries, blueberries too. But I will add that after it is done baking. I also increased the vanilla too. This is such a wonderful recipe, Bev, thanks so much for sharing. There is so much you can do to this recipe, adding coconut, dried fruit, differnet nuts. BUT it is also excellent just the way it is! I want to dry strawberries this spring, add it to the recipe! If you love granola, you gotta try this winner.