Granola
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 1/2 oz Rolled oats (1-1/2 cups) 2 tb Vegetable oil
- 1/2 oz Slivered almonds 1/4 c Apple juice
- 1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon (unsweetened)
- 2 tb Honey or maple syrup 6 Servings - 1/4 cup each. (or use diet syrup) ***NOTE - coconut extract is
- 1/2 ts Almond extract -a little strong so I
- 1/2 ts Coconut extract ***SEE NOTE -substituted vanilla extract
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl combine oats almonds and cinnamon. Mix well. In a small bowl combine reamining ingredients. Drizzle over oats. Mix well until all ingredients are moistened. Spread mixture evenly in a 10 x 15 inch baking pan that has been sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray. Bake 20 minutes. Stir granola and return to oven for 5 minutes. Stir again and return for another 5 minutes. Cool in pan stirring occasionally. Store in an airtight container. Each serving provides: 168 calories. Equal to: 1 bread exchange 1 fat exchange and 41 additional calories. Has: 4 gm. protein 7 gm. fat 23 gm. carbohydrate 2 mg. sodium 0 mg. cholesterol. This can be used as a plain snack sprinkled over fruit or yogurt cooked like oatmeal or enjoyed cold with milk and raisins. This recipe can be doubled easily - just cook it longer each cooking time. This recipe came form THE LEAN & LUSCIOUS COOKBOOK. Nutritional information is based using honey and almonds. In order to cut down on fat - leave almonds out and add a little more oats.
