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Orchesis Granola

8 oz. slivered almonds
4.5 cups Quaker Oats
3 c. Honey bunches of oats
3 cup raisins
2 cup grapenuts
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. raw sugar crystals (brown sugar)
1/4 c. molasses
1/4 c. vanilla
1 c. butter


Makes a lot!

Toss all together and bake at 300 degrees?toss every 15 minutes for 1 hour.

Optional:
When it is almost cooled, add a small bad of white chocolate chips?it is ok if they melt a bit. May adjust for sweetness if needed by adding additional brown sugar.

I made a granola last year for Amy's Orchesis Dance team. The kids usually get some measly snack of peanut butter and crackers or granola bars. I decided to serve 1/2 c. of nonfat yoghurt with light whipped cream and granola on the side. The kids teased me saying I got the "snack of the year" award. I made it last week and the kids asked me if I made the granola again this year...

Since I have to do snack again, I decided to do another repeat and this is the recipe I concocted from a variety of different things in my cupboard. I didn't have a lot of brown sugar so I added raw sugar as well as molasses, and guessed at the vanilla and butter. I think it is very good. Fed 50 hungry girls as a topping for yoghurt and several kids came back for seconds and thirds. Krupa asked for the leftovers to take home! :-)

Recipe Contributed by Mary Ann Laun