MARIE'S GRANOLA

6 cups regular oats or "old-fashioned"

1 (12 oz.) box or Total cereal

3 cups each: Rice Krispies, Puffed Wheat, Puffed Rice

1 cup sliced almonds

In a very large bowl, mix cereals and almonds together.

Syrup:

1/2 cup honey

3/4 cup canola oil

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup water

1 T. vanilla

2 t. salt

Mix syrup ingredients in medium bowl and heat in microwave 3 minutes until sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture over cereal. Stir to moisten the cereal.

Spray 2 large cookie sheets (with edges) with vegetable spray. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 225. Remove trays from oven; stir mixture and return to oven. Bake another 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven and stir. Leave on cookie sheets until cool, stirring occasionally. Make sure granola is dry and cool before storing.

Eat as a snack or pour milk over for cereal. Very good!

*Marie told me that she triples the amount of cereal, mixes it and then bags it and uses her food saver machine to seal multiple bags. When she is ready to use it, she will then make the syrup and then add to it.

Source: Marie Anderson, USU Extension Office - Provo.