Moms Best Granola Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line a 9-inch square baking sheet with foil, allowing the foil to extend over the sides. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix the oats, cranberries, almonds, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
• Combine the butter, sugar and honey in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the butter melts and the mixture begins to boil. Add the vanilla and stir. Remove from the heat.
• Pour the butter over the oats, mixing until well coated. Transfer to the prepared pan and, using a spatula, press the oats evenly into the pan.
• Bake until the top is crisp and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool. Using the foil as aid, lift out of the pan and place on a work surface. Crumble into pieces. Serve with berries, plain yogurt and drizzle with additional honey.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• I mix the ingredients using a stand mixer, but you could use a very large bowl.
• Mix the honey and oil in the stand mixer using the wire whisk.
• Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer work bowl, then mix them with the oil/honey mixture using the paddle attachment on very low speed.
• Spread onto several non-stick baking sheets with rims.
• Bake for about an hour, stirring about every fifteen minutes and changing the position of the baking sheets within the oven.
• It is done when it turns color a little, to golden.
• If you wish to cook this more quickly, it can be baked at 325 and stirred very often.
• It will be done in less than half an hour this way, but more likely to get too brown.
• Once done, put the granola into a container before it completely cools, to prevent it from sticking to the baking sheet.
• You can add raisins now if you like.