September 2, 2008
How to Make Granola
- Buy a Lock and Lock Food Dispenser.
- Buy two jelly roll pans (from Bed Bath and Beyond, with coupons, because I haven’t owned jelly roll pans for ages.).
- Find a friend with a recipe.
- Get a new stove, because the old one isn’t working. If you’re lucky, like me, you’ll get a fairly new one on Freecycle.
- Be grateful that your friend has a great granola recipe:
7 cups oats 1 cup raw wheat germ 1 cup shredded coconut 1-3 cups nuts of your choice 1 cup oil 1 cup water 1 cup brown sugar 1. Preheat oven to 250° F. 2. Mix oats, wheat germ, coconut, and nuts in a large bowl. 3. Blend oil, water, and brown sugar in a blender. Add to dry mixture. Mix well. 4. Layer on two jelly roll pans. 5. Bake for one hour, mixing occasionally.
Personally, I add the nuts after the baking. And this time I added raisins.
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Comments
Nuts AFTER baking??? NO WAY! Toasted nuts are the best! I think you’re the only person I’ve heard really have anything nice to say about Freecycle.
I like toasted nuts as well, but nuts are better for you if they haven’t been heated. I use smaller versions (for example: sliced almonds, pecan pieces, sunflower seeds) to make it easier to eat.
I love Freecycle! Mostly I give stuff away…this is only the fourth time I’ve ever gotten anything, and by far it’s the biggest thing (the others were suitcases, candles, and a cast-iron griddle). We just got rid of an eight-foot sliding glass door on Freecycle.
People can be annoying, when they don’t show up or when they dither around, and that’s when I enter a long Freecycle-free spell. However, since I’m home and cleaning the garage, I prefer to get rid of stuff through Freecycle.