Budget-Friendly Homemade Cereal

With the ever increasing price of store-bought cereal, I decided it was time to come up with a homemade one. You may want to add nuts or dried fruits also. Store it in an airtight container. (I keep it in the cardboard oats canister in a zip-tied bag.)

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4  cups old fashioned oats, uncooked
• 1  tablespoon canola oil
• 2  tablespoons maple syrup
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3⁄8 teaspoon kosher salt (less if regular salt)
•  butter-flavor  Pam cooking spray

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and spray 10x15 jelly roll pan with butter-flavor Pam. (I also spray both bowls and the spatula I use to mix the cereal, then nothing sticks and clean up is easy.).
2. In a small bowl, mix together oil, syrup, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Pour over oats in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
3. Spread evenly in the pan, and bake for 10 minutes, stir and bake 9 more minutes. (If you use a dark pan, shorten cooking time by 1 or 2 minutes.).