Leatherstocking Tales

Crockpot Granola

I tried to make granola in my crockpot today.  The recipe comes from Not Your Mother's Crockpot Cookbook.  I have this feeling it would have worked better if I had paid more attention to the instructions.  The recipe calls for toasted wheat germ and dried cranberries and apricots.  The kids don't like cranberries, so I substituted a dried berry mix and dried apples.  Only instead of waiting until the end of cooking to add the wheat germ and berries, I added them with everything else.

Oops.

Also, I think my crockpot runs too hot.  The granola seems almost burnt, and I didn't even let it cook the minimum time. 

If the granola turns out in spite of it all, I'll post the recipe.

I'm trying to make more of our food from scratch.  Our oldest ds was recently diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, and after doing some research on the web the other night, it looks as if B vitamin therapy and magnesium supplementation might be helpful.  It also looks as if these kids may be quite sensitive to food additives such as MSG and dyes.  So we found a supplement that looks pretty good from Mountain Naturals of Vermont, and I went shopping yesterday for more whole grains, etc.  Unfortunately the natural foods store was closed, so I had to reply on Wal-Mart -- never a good idea.  I did manage to find some organic brown rice flour,  however, and I made the honey rice batter bread recipe on the back of the box this morning.  (That worked out better than the granola, I think, although no one's tasted it yet. 

My husband keeps grabbing spoonfuls of the granola from the crockpot as he walks by, so maybe it's ok. 

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03:57, 2006-Jan-30 .. Posted by kayinpa

I have never made granola in the crock pot, but did put the raisins in with everything else....bad idea. LOL. I will have to try it in the crockpot!