Tvp Granola

Chef #345178's Note:

never tried!

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 9 cups

• 1/2 lb oats
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 2 1/4 cups textured vegetable protein
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2/3 cup purified water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup peanut oil

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
2. Combine the oats, cranberries ans salt.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well. Spread out and bake on a two baking sheet for 15-20 minutes.
4. Turn the mixture over and bake 15-20 minutes longer, or until crunchy. If your oven doesn't get it crunch dry, you may want to leave cereal in and turn off oven, let sit an extra hour.
5. Total recipe yield = about 9 cups.

Reviews

[free-free]

Pretty good--- :) I added raisins as well as the cranberries... &extra vanilla and cinnamon (I felt a need for extra flavor...) will probably use this in muffins, bars or breads cause it is too boring for me to eat a bowl of (sorry that's my bad)...oh I could not get that much of a "crunch" out of it (dunno- maybe just me)...but all and all pretty good and my husband likes it for breakfast as an alternative to plain oatmeal (which is also too boring for me : ) I gave it a 4 for ease and pretty good flavor and I would probably do it again BUTwith NUTS added for extra texture and throw in steel oats too...with tweaks would become 5 stars and at least it is something unique and DIFFERENT!!! Thanks :) - signing off bored in NJ today {{wink}} (???maybe it is me who needs tweaks???) edit...update I AM LIKING THIS BY THE BOWL AFTERALL!! :) The taste has really grown on me - YUM!!