Homemade Low-Fat Granola


Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 40 minutes
Cooling time: 2 hours
Yield: 16 1/2-cup servings


Ingredients:

5 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup raw wheat germ
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup reduced-fat margarine
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup banana chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, combine rolled oats, and wheat germ. Combine honey, margarine, and cinnamon, and add to dry ingredients stirring until well mixed. Mix the vanilla and water, and add to the oat mixture slowly, mixing until crumbly. Pour mixture into a 15 by 8-inch baking sheet. Bake for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Turn oven off, leave the oven door ajar, and allow the granola to cool in the oven. When it is room temperature, transfer it to a covered container and stir in the raisins and banana chips.


Recipe from “All-American Low-Fat and No-Fat Meals in Minutes” By M. J. Smith, RD. Copyright 1990, 1997. This material is used with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.




Nutritional Facts
Servings Per Recipe: 16 1/2-cup servings
Amount
Per Serving
  Calories 162
  Fat 4 g
  Sodium 4 mg
  Cholesterol 0 mg
  For exchange diets, count: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1/2 fat