I have have been hankering for some granola lately! But this time, I wanted to make some for myself. Here is my journey:
First, I gathered my ingredients:
can you tell we are a Buy-In-Bulk kind of couple?
Then I put some oats and some nuts in a bowl. But first I had to chop the nuts.
Before:
and after:
…and when I was done, my floor looked like this:
really, no one who knows me is at all surprised by this.
Once my oats and nuts were safely in a big pink bowl, it was time to mix the oil and honey and vanilla and salt, microwave it for a minute to melt the honey a bit, and then the recipe said to “whisk very well until combined”. Well. After whisking my wrist off, here is what I was left with:
hmm….what to do….?
Then, I had a brain wave! MAGIC BULLET TIME!
Brilliant!
Now the fun part: I mixed it all together, made a big mess, and spread the gooey yumminess onto a couple of pans.
and then it was time to bake it for a while, add some Craisins, and bake some more! By this time, our apartment was starting to smell pretty yummy.
Here is the end result:
Mmmm….looks good to me! I plan on serving it with some yogurt tomorrow morning for breakfast. Tomorrow is, you see, our end-of-semester celebration day! Yup, J-M finished his last exam this afternoon, and since he is working tonight, we are making a Saturday of it. Beginning with granola for breakfast.
Here is the recipe, in case you are interested.
