Low-Fat Granola

Neberanzan's Note:

My mom makes this to put over low-fat vanilla yogurt and fruit. Very tasty!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 20

Yield: 0.5 cup

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 cups oats
• 2 cups walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
2. Combine sugar and water in a 4 cup microwave safe dish and microwave for 5 minutes or until all sugar is dissolved.
3. Add vanilla and salt to sugar mixture.
4. Place oats and nuts in extra large mixing bowl.
5. Add sugar mixture into the oats and nuts and mix VERY thoroughly.
6. Spread on 2 cookie sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
7. Bake at 275 degrees for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes.
8. Allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Reviews

[BKinVT]

This is very good, though I do decrease the total amt of sweetener and use a mix of honey and brown sugar. The first time I made this I found it to be too sweet. I also recommend adding in more dried fruit and nuts. Watch the cooking time too. Definitely keeper and worth repeating.

[WaterandTrees]

Living in northern Michigan, up here it's all about the cherries. The modifications I made to this wonderful recipe do alter it, and to my way of thinking - improve on it. I cut down the sugar by half, added flaked coconut, dried cherries and cut back on the vanilla, adding a couple of drops of Almond extract. Almonds were also used instead of Walnuts. Finally since I never use spray on anything (it gums up my pans), I lined my cookiesheet with parchment paper and put the granola on that. When it's done and cooled, you simply lift the parchment and pour into a container.