Weight Watchers: Avoiding Vacation Weight Gain
By: Marian Kelly
Updated: July 2, 2012
Homemade Granola
Each 1/2-cup serving of this healthy, homemade granola is drastically lower in fat than most store-bought varieties.
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Serves: 12
PointsPlus Value: 4
3 cup(s) uncooked quick oats
2 cup(s) ready-to-eat puffed rice cereal
6 Tbsp honey
1 tsp canola oil
1/4 cup(s) apple juice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup(s) slivered almonds
1/4 cup(s) dried cranberries
1/4 cup(s) raisins
Preheat oven to 350F. Mix uncooked oats and puffed rice cereal together and spread on a non-stick baking sheet with sides; bake for 10 minutes, stirring once.
Meanwhile, mix honey, oil, apple juice, spices and vanilla together in a cup. When oats and puffed rice are done, spoon into a large bowl; set pan aside. Add almonds to cereal mixture and stir to combine. Pour honey-spice mixture over cereal mixture and mix thoroughly to distribute and coat completely; spread mixture back over pan.
Return pan to oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes more, stirring every few minutes. Remove from oven and spoon back into bowl. (Note: Be careful that granola doesn't burn - especially cereal along sides of pan.)
Stir raisins and cranberries into mixture; let cool. Store in an airtight container. Yields about a half cup per serving
