Recipe - Low Fat Granula

2 One half pound Regular Oats; Rolled (2 Qts)
Three fourths cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
One half cup Bran; Unprocessed, Option
2 tablespoon Oil; *Note
One fourth cup Honey
2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Chopped Dried Apricots;
Apples, Peaches, Pears Or
Prunes
One half cup Raisins; Or Dried
Cranberries
2 tablespoon Chopped Crystallized Ginger

*NOTE: Original recipe used One fourth C oil. I would not totally eliminate it...

Place half the oats, sugar, and bran in each of 2 baking pans, 10 15".
With your hands, crumble sugar and mix ingredeints well.

In a 1 2 qt pan over med heat, stir oil, honey and vanilla until bubbly.
Pour half the hot mixture into each baking pan and mix well.

Bake, uncovered, in a 350 F oven. After 10 min, stir granola mixture. If
using 1 oven, switch pan positions. Continue baking until oats are lightly
toasted, about 10 min more.

Stir in dried fruit, cranberries, and crystallized ginger, breaking up any
clumps. Bake until oats are crisp, 5 10 min longer. Stir. Let cool 5 min
and stir again. When cool, serve or store in an airtight container up to 1
month.

Prep and Cook Time: About 1 hr Makes: About 4 qts

According to magazine per Three fourths C serving: Cal 285.4; Fat 4.9g; Carb 52.7;
Fib 0.7g; Pro 9.3g; Sod 5mg; CFF 15.1%

Recipe by: Sunset, May 1997

Posted to Digest eatlf.v097.n293 by Reggie Dwork reggie@reggie.com on
Nov 18, 1997