Making Granola (photos)

So, I was up early today and anxious to have some breakfast. When I pulled my favorite breakfast food from the pantry, I was laid agast!

We were nearly out of granola !!!! I know !!!! Horror !!!! Panic !!!!



I knew she was in the den, working on her Macramé or some Tie Dye project and so I called out, "Oh Moon Flower! (MHNBPF) Would you make some more granola today?" She said 'Sure' and as she started setting it up, she agreed to share the recipe she adapted from the one shared by Blossom (one of her old hippie / bunko / gin drinking / yard rolling friends - Just kidding Moon Flower and Blossom!).

Here it is.

Granola:

You'll Need:



A large container (the big one) of Old Fashioned Oats
2 cups of brown sugar
2 sticks butter (churn your own if possible)
Nuts of your choice. Moon Flower used Pecans, Walnuts, Almonds and (already roasted and salted) sunflower Seed

You'll also need
an oven at 300 degrees
Two half sheet pans
a large bowl for mixing



Melt the butter in a Solar Microwave





Into the bowl go the oats



and 2 cups brown sugar



Mix them together and drizzle butter over the top - don't worry about the foamy milk solids. They taste just fine in the finished product - then mix well to distribute the butter. The first big decision is how much effort is paid to breaking up the brown sugar clumps, which make nice sweet clusters if a few are left un broken. Moon Flower leaves a few for her sweetie, because he likes them.





This mixture is divided onto two half sheet pans for the oven. We always argue as to whether the division is 50/50. Moon Flower always wins the argument and I sulk away to let her do her stuff.



Into the oven the sheet pans go - one on the middle rack and one on a rack four inches above the middle. After 15 minutes, she brings them out and stirs the mixture, then returns the upper pan to the bottom position and the bottom pan to the upper position.



After another 15 minutes, she pulls the sheet pans and mixes the stuff. At this time, she adds the unroasted nuts

Almonds and walnuts



and pecans



then back into the oven for the 3rd 15 minute roast

This makes a 45 minute total roast in the oven.

Finally out





and ready to add sunflower seed, which are already roasted and see no time in the oven.





Then she mixes the Granola and allows it to cool before bagging and stashing it away in the pantry for me to eat.

This is the way I prefer mine.



Yes, life with the wife (MHNBPF) is good.

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